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January 8, 2006
Book Review: Unholy Alliance
(Note: After an unplanned hiatus--you know, due to bad planning on my part--Book Reviews is back.)
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend", says the old adage. This is, of course, not always true. But as a political strategy it has been used often in the past, and it will be used again in the future. When political commentators dwell on the growing alliance between the Western Left and Islamists, the favored explanation is that of an alliance of convenience. That, however, may not always be the case.
In Unholy Alliance : Radical Islam and the American Left, David Horowitz offers a different explanation; the alliance may be born out of the hard left's hatred of Western civilization, out of its inherent nihilism.
I don't completely agree with Mr. Horowitz--I do think there is quite a deal of plain old cynicism in the alliance, especially when it comes to old-fashioned Communists like Fidel Castro--but that's beside the point. Mr. Horowitz has written a worthy book, which as most books has a few shortcomings. His ideas, supported by evidence, deserve a closer look.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at January 8, 2006 7:00 AM
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