Full of good, smart moments. -- Kirkus Reviews Forceful and persuasive. -- Washington Post Book World An accomplished intellectual history...This book has insights for everyone across the political spectrum who seeks a better understanding of the present danger. -- National Review One of the most challenging accounts of the post-9/11 world. -- New York Times An achievement...practical, yet analytical. -- The Nation A compelling [and] powerful book. -- Newsletter of the Social Democrats USA A damning indictment of bad leftism...a smart [and] honest book that should be read. -- The Weekly Standard An engaging, delusion-busting history primer. -- Village Voice Berman connects the dots of world fascism...Policymakers everywhere should bone up on his discoveries and take heed. -- Philadelphia Inquirer Berman is one of the most elegant and provacative thinkers to emerge from America's New Left. -- Salon Berman makes a compelling case. -- New York Times Book Review Berman's book is penetrating, insightful, honest, erudite...it is always intense. -- Washington Monthly Breaks its bounds...As a thinker [and] as a writer, Berman begins to cast a spell. -- Bookforum Brilliant, stirring. -- Dallas Morning News There is much to admire in Berman's book...[a] valuable contribution. -- The New York Review Wonderfully rich and illuminating. -- Wall Street Journal A fluid and lucid essay by one of America's best exponents of recent intellectual history. -- The Economist