None Dare Call It Treason

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Summary: An interesting look into history
Review: After reading Ann Coulters bestseller Treason, I happened to run into this old book by accident. It seemed intriguing so I plowed through it. Now part of the reason I gave it just an average rating wasn't so much because I think the author was some kind of nut, the impression one may get by reading some of the other reviews, but simply because I'm used to excellent writing and more concise topics. This little book just jumps all over the place, tries to cover too much ground.

Now, as to the accuracy of his words, well, much of what he claimed to be happening has indeed been proven true. The soviets did intent to keep taking as much as they could and the fact that they failed doesn't in anyway prove those worried about it were wrong.

American politicians betrayed countless peoples to the insipid and cruel system of communism, and the only people that try and act like that isn't true are either leftists or those ignorant of history. Our own government was infiltrated by soviet spies, of that fact there's little argument, it's just how many and what they were trying to accomplish and what they did accomplish that brings up two arguing camps.

If you're the type that thinks Coulter is a fascist, you'll obviously gain nothing by reading this book. For others, you have to have an interest in the history of the time to really enjoy this book which reads much like a text book at times. Part of the reason I gave it only three stars was because of the age of the work and the period it covers, being outdated meant I wasn't able to pick up on a lot of the flavor of the work.
If you're doing research on the topic, however, I'd say the book probably would rate a four or five star rating as it gives details and footnotes and covers a lot of ground.



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Summary: Historians take note
Review: If you are interested at all in the "real truth" in history, you MUST purchase this book. Find out how our history shapes our nation today.

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Summary: Reads like a novel
Review: It has been years since I read this book but as it inspired my undergraduate paper, it made an impression.

I think the author, Stormer, was sensationalizing. I remember an episode where Nelson Rockefeller supposedly met on a Soviet submarine in Long Island Sound with some nefarious characters to plot the takeover of America by the USSR. In the real world, Nelson was actually quite a bit more hawkish than Nixon and was pro-defense spending. Then there was State Department Plan 7277 which was a plan to surrender to either the Soviets or the U.N. Stormer was always a bit ambiguous about Communists and the One World Socialist Conspiracy. It sounded as though they were alternative enemies at times at then at other times one would assume they were the same.

There certainly are consipiracies, including obviously a Communist one to destroy our freedom, but Stormer connected too much: politicians, educators, modern art, water floridation. To acknowledge that conspiracies exist is not to credit all history to a grand conspiracy theory. When the conspiracy theory gets too complicated it starts to break down. No single group has such magical powers to control so many events over decades or even centuries.

If what he said was true, then how did we win the Cold War???

Rating:
Summary: Reads like a novel
Review: It has been years since I read this book but as it inspired my undergraduate paper, it made an impression.

I think the author, Stormer, was sensationalizing. I remember an episode where Nelson Rockefeller supposedly met on a Soviet submarine in Long Island Sound with some nefarious characters to plot the takeover of America by the USSR. In the real world, Nelson was actually quite a bit more hawkish than Nixon and was pro-defense spending. Then there was State Department Plan 7277 which was a plan to surrender to either the Soviets or the U.N. Stormer was always a bit ambiguous about Communists and the One World Socialist Conspiracy. It sounded as though they were alternative enemies at times at then at other times one would assume they were the same.

There certainly are consipiracies, including obviously a Communist one to destroy our freedom, but Stormer connected too much: politicians, educators, modern art, water floridation. To acknowledge that conspiracies exist is not to credit all history to a grand conspiracy theory. When the conspiracy theory gets too complicated it starts to break down. No single group has such magical powers to control so many events over decades or even centuries.

If what he said was true, then how did we win the Cold War???

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Summary: Propaganda...?
Review: None Dare Call It Treason is pulp propaganda hacked out, but it does serve an important purpose. It deftly (and inadvertently) makes a case for exactly why NOT to oversimplify arguements into good vs. evil. Besides, most of the information is simply made up.

This book should be admitted into a class about the effects of propaganda when taken out of context - the ravings of someone who might've drank too much coffee at the typewriter.

Rating:
Summary: Propaganda...?
Review: None Dare Call It Treason is pulp propaganda hacked out, but it does serve an important purpose. It deftly (and inadvertently) makes a case for exactly why NOT to oversimplify arguements into good vs. evil. Besides, most of the information is simply made up.

This book should be admitted into a class about the effects of propaganda when taken out of context - the ravings of someone who might've drank too much coffee at the typewriter.

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Summary: ANTIQUE COLD WAR PROPAGANDA
Review: This book is nothing more than fascist cold war propaganda. According to the author, the tiny American Communist Party (thoroughly infiltrated by the FBI, I might add) and its leader Gus Hall have secretly controlled the United States for decades now. The author provides no documentation for this allegation, no verification at all, he just reads Gus Halls self important public statements, then tries to show how this proves that Gus Hall controlled some policy of the government. This book would be very funny if it were only better written.