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The War on the West

Written by: Douglas Murray
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China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique?

It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning, but much of it fatally undermines the very things that created the greatest, most humane civilization in the world.

In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows how many well-meaning people have been fooled by hypocritical and inconsistent anti-West rhetoric. After all, if we must discard the ideas of Kant, Hume, and Mill for their opinions on race, shouldn’t we discard Marx, whose work is peppered with racial slurs and anti-Semitism? Embers of racism remain to be stamped out in America, but what about the raging racist inferno in the Middle East and Asia?

It’s not just dishonest scholars who benefit from this intellectual fraud but hostile nations and human rights abusers hoping to distract from their own ongoing villainy. Dictators who slaughter their own people are happy to jump on the “America is a racist country” bandwagon and mimic the language of antiracism and “pro-justice” movements as PR while making authoritarian conquests.

If the West is to survive, it must be defended. The War on the West is not only an incisive takedown of foolish anti-Western arguments but also a rigorous new apologetic for civilization itself.

©2022 Douglas Murray (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers
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Great book for open-minded people

Well researched and well thought out. I encourage you to fact check everything he says, I fact checked most things and stopped part way through because he had got nothing wrong as far as I could find.

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Exceptional

Murray has a wonderful narrating voice and the book is very well thought out. Using endless examples, Murray explains the ever advancing war on western culture.
quite compelling.

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Absolute required reading for politics in the west

Phenomenal text raised that much higher by Murray's performance. Everyone needs to read this.

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Brilliantly, fairly argued.

A worthwhile, reasoned response to contemporary woke disparaging of the west. Thank you Mr. Murray,

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One of his best works.

An insightful, depressing and hopeful look into the insanity of racial political warfare being played across the West.

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The Truth

Honesty and integrity in abundance. Thanks for sharing the truth with those of us willing to listen.

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One of the best audiobooks I've ever purchased

Absolutely unapologetically on point. This is a searing critique. Douglas says what most are too afraid to say, and dismantles the game being played by those who want to tear western culture apart. Others have commented on the subject, but this is the most direct and merciless rebuttal I've yet heard.

The narration can come across as angry at times, but considering that it's a rebuttal to those who wish to destroy the culture of the entire free world, one might consider a somewhat angry tone justified. Where others tip toe around to not offend, Douglas makes it clear that enough is enough. and lays the cards on the table. If the tone of voice is upsetting (or potentially so to someone you wish to share the book with), one can always go with the written version.

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Invigorating and Refreshing

The depth and precision in each subtopic puts his earlier works to shame; it’s as if the author’s entire career has merely been a staging for this thoroughly devastating takedown of the modern progressive narrative of the western world.

Recommended to all with, or without, an interest in the social upheaval in the last few years.

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Well Done

it is what we need to understand if we are to survive as a species.
We are one race,. Let's act like it, before we erase ourselves.

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OUTSTANDING

Outstanding history lesson. This needs to be taught in school. Our world needs this perspective. Thank you Douglas

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