Know Thine Enemy: A History of the Left: Volume 1
Volume I of Know Thine Enemy presents a history of the political philosophy that is known throughout the world today as "the Left," which grew out of an effort by revolutionaries in eighteenth-century France to replace the "superstition" of Christianity with a secular social and moral system based on reason and science. The book traces the development of this project through many stages, beginning with numerous efforts in Europe to build a working model for a socialist utopia, moving on to the creation and eventual failure of Marxism, and finally, to the many efforts to revise the Marxist model, which prepared the way for the emergence of fascism in Italy and National Socialism in Germany.
It also traces the early development of American's homegrown brand of socialism, the introduction of European socialism in the post–Civil War migration of workers from Europe, and the subsequent advent of Progressivism and liberalism.
The purpose of the book is to acquaint readers with an intimate and comprehensive appreciation of the views and efforts of the heroes in the almost three-century-long assault on Western Values, whose actions, speeches, writings, and aspirations collectively form the foundation of American conservatism. In doing so, it hopes to strengthen, reinforce, and yes, refine the readers' existing conservative beliefs, and thus help in the fight against the common foe, because the fate of the nation and, indeed, of Western Civilization itself, depends upon it. As the great Chinese general and military strategist Sun Tzu famously said over 2,500 years, "If you know your enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."
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Know Thine Enemy: A History of the Left: Volume 1
Volume I of Know Thine Enemy presents a history of the political philosophy that is known throughout the world today as "the Left," which grew out of an effort by revolutionaries in eighteenth-century France to replace the "superstition" of Christianity with a secular social and moral system based on reason and science. The book traces the development of this project through many stages, beginning with numerous efforts in Europe to build a working model for a socialist utopia, moving on to the creation and eventual failure of Marxism, and finally, to the many efforts to revise the Marxist model, which prepared the way for the emergence of fascism in Italy and National Socialism in Germany.
It also traces the early development of American's homegrown brand of socialism, the introduction of European socialism in the post–Civil War migration of workers from Europe, and the subsequent advent of Progressivism and liberalism.
The purpose of the book is to acquaint readers with an intimate and comprehensive appreciation of the views and efforts of the heroes in the almost three-century-long assault on Western Values, whose actions, speeches, writings, and aspirations collectively form the foundation of American conservatism. In doing so, it hopes to strengthen, reinforce, and yes, refine the readers' existing conservative beliefs, and thus help in the fight against the common foe, because the fate of the nation and, indeed, of Western Civilization itself, depends upon it. As the great Chinese general and military strategist Sun Tzu famously said over 2,500 years, "If you know your enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."
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Know Thine Enemy: A History of the Left: Volume 1

Know Thine Enemy: A History of the Left: Volume 1

Know Thine Enemy: A History of the Left: Volume 1

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Volume I of Know Thine Enemy presents a history of the political philosophy that is known throughout the world today as "the Left," which grew out of an effort by revolutionaries in eighteenth-century France to replace the "superstition" of Christianity with a secular social and moral system based on reason and science. The book traces the development of this project through many stages, beginning with numerous efforts in Europe to build a working model for a socialist utopia, moving on to the creation and eventual failure of Marxism, and finally, to the many efforts to revise the Marxist model, which prepared the way for the emergence of fascism in Italy and National Socialism in Germany.
It also traces the early development of American's homegrown brand of socialism, the introduction of European socialism in the post–Civil War migration of workers from Europe, and the subsequent advent of Progressivism and liberalism.
The purpose of the book is to acquaint readers with an intimate and comprehensive appreciation of the views and efforts of the heroes in the almost three-century-long assault on Western Values, whose actions, speeches, writings, and aspirations collectively form the foundation of American conservatism. In doing so, it hopes to strengthen, reinforce, and yes, refine the readers' existing conservative beliefs, and thus help in the fight against the common foe, because the fate of the nation and, indeed, of Western Civilization itself, depends upon it. As the great Chinese general and military strategist Sun Tzu famously said over 2,500 years, "If you know your enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."

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BN ID: 2940161545119
Publisher: Covenant Books
Publication date: 10/25/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
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About the Author

Mark Melcher is the president and editor of The Political Forum, which is an “independent research provider” that delivers research and consulting services to the institutional investment community, with an emphasis on economic, social, political, and geopolitical events that are likely to have an impact on the financial markets in the United States and abroad.
He has followed global and domestic social and political trends from Washington for the financial community since 1973, when he joined the Washington Forum, a subsidiary of Drexel Burnham Lambert. He left Drexel in July 1983 to open a Washington research office for Prudential Securities. Mr. Melcher ran Prudential Securities’ Washington Research Office for seventeen years, leaving in October 2000. During that time, his office won first place in the Washington Research category of Institutional Investor magazine’s annual All-American Research Team in each of the eight years that the category was in existence. Shortly after leaving Prudential, Mark joined the Washington Research office of Lehman Brothers on a part-time basis. He left there in April 2002 to found The Political Forum.
Steve Soukup is the vice president and publisher of The Political Forum. He has followed politics and federal regulatory policy for the financial community since coming to Washington in 1996, when he joined Mark Melcher at the award-winning Washington-research office of Prudential Securities. Mr. Soukup left Prudential with Mr. Melcher to join Lehman Brothers in the fall of 2000 and stayed there for two years, before leaving early in 2003 to become a partner at The Political Forum.
While at Lehman, Mr. Soukup authored macropolitical commentary and followed policy developments in the Natural Resources sector group, focusing on agriculture and energy policy. He also headed Lehman’s industry-leading analysis of asbestos litigation reform efforts. At The Political Forum, Mr. Soukup was initially the editor and junior partner, but is now the senior commentator and publisher.
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