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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.92
EAN: 9780767920933
ISBN: 0767920937
Label: Broadway
Manufacturer: Broadway
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 231
Publication Date: October 09, 2007
Publisher: Broadway
Release Date: October 09, 2007
Studio: Broadway
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With three straight #1 bestsellers and more than 4 million copies of his books in print, the most powerful traditional force in the American media now takes off his gloves in the ongoing struggle for America’s heart and soul.
Bill O’Reilly is the very embodiment of the idea of a Culture Warrior—and in this book he lives up to the title brilliantly, with all the brashness and forthrightness at his command. He sees that America is in the midst of a fierce culture war between those who embrace traditional values and those who want to change America into a “secular-progressive” country. This is a conflict that differs in many ways from the usual liberal/conservative divide, but it is no less heated, and the stakes are even higher.
In Culture Warrior, Bill O’Reilly defines this war and analyzes the competing philosophies of the traditionalist and secular-progressive camps. He examines why the nation’s motto “E Pluribus Unum” (“From Many, One”) might change to “What About Me?”; dissects the forces driving the secular-progressive agenda in the media and behind the scenes, including George Soros, George Lakoff, and the ACLU; and dives into matters of race, education, and the war on terror. He also shows how the culture war has played out in such high-profile instances as The Passion of the Christ, Fahrenheit 9/11, the abuse epidemic (child and otherwise), and the embattled place of religion in public life—with special emphasis on the war against Christmas. Whatever controversies are roiling the nation, he fearlessly confronts them—and no one will be in the dark about which side he’s on.
Culture Warrior showcases Bill O’Reilly at his most eloquent and impassioned. He is an unrelenting fighter for the soul of America, and in this book he fights the good fight for the traditional values that have served this country so well for so long.
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O'reily has loads of common sense in a world gone crazy..Never politically correct,just calls it as he sees it..Typical New Yorker..Love it
Lookout Leftys,rightys and mids..If Your off hes going to tag you
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My book of the year. The O'Reilly character (who narrates throughout) is a brilliantly drawn political miniature (great "action cagoule"!). A relentless send-up of right wing libertarian views, taken to a grotesque extreme. I am amazed that American political humour was up to this. Masterpiece!
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A great book from a great man! It's obvious that anyone, which gives this book less than 4 stars is a koolaid drinker and hasn't read the book or just hates the author. By the way I'm an Independent and not a Republican. I have voted for Democrats, Republicans and others.
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I bought this book for my sisters birthday and since it came a few days early took a quick look through and ended up reading the whole book in one sitting! Great stories and insight by a truly gifted author.
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Of course "Culture Warrior" is not literary nonfiction. Bill O'Reilly writes this book the way he speaks, in a populist style and with straightforward language. Beneath the common-person appeal lies his rock-hard backing for the individual over the group or "collective." Granted, he uses the more emotional terms like "collective" from time to time to make the reader react more strongly. Readers should not be fooled, though, by all the side stories of people, insults, compliments, and sundry soap-box philosophies written in "Culture Warrior." O'Reilly's core support always comes back to the honest citizen who works to improve himself and his colleagues, even those who disagree on various of his tactics.
Critics will say, with justifiable point, that the author spends too much time bashing particular personages (e.g., especially lightweights like Al Franken and George Clooney). This unfortunate fact tends to blunt the importance of his bashing on the more seriously undermining personages (e.g., George Lakeoff, George Soros - lots of "Georges"!). Mr. O'Reilly would have done better to allocate his criticism better. It should be noted that he speaks more kindly about some of his critics than one might expect, and likewise speaks surprisingly sternly to some conservatives (Rush Limbaugh, for example).
At the end, Bill O'Reilly boldly asserts, a couple times, the tenets of his take on the effective culture warrior. Readers will almost surely find some of these not to their liking regardless of their general opinion of the author (this reviewer cannot agree with three of these tenets!). Nevertheless, the underlying core of this book still has to be the primacy of the honest individual, and his willingness to work with other honest individuals. Get the book.
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