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A manifesto for an aggressive liberal response to terrorist attacks.

One of our most brilliant public intellectuals, Paul Berman has spent his career writing on revolutionary movements and their totalitarian aspects. Here he argues that, in the terror war, we are not facing a battle of the West against Islam—a clash of civilizations. We are facing, instead, the same battle that tore apart Europe during most of the twentieth century, only in a new version. It is the clash of liberalism and its enemies—the battle between freedom and totalitarianism that arose in Europe many years ago and spread to the Muslim world.

The author considers the wars against fascism and communism from the past, and draws cautionary lessons. But he also draws from those past experiences a liberal program for the present—a program that departs in fundamental respects from the policies of the Bush administration.

ISBN-13: 9780393325553

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Norton - W. W. & Company - Inc.

Publication Date: 05-17-2004

Pages: 242

Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

Paul Berman writes about politics and literature for The New Republic, the New York Times Book Review, and other magazines. His books have been translated into thirteen languages. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Norton Paperback Edition XI
I Against Nixon 3
II Armageddon in Its Modern Versions 22
III In the Shade of the Koran 52
IV The Hideous Schizophrenia 77
V The Politics of Slaughter 103
VI Wishful Thinking 121
VII Mental War 154
A Note to the Reader 211
Index 215