Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About the 60s

[Roguish Lawyer]

by Peter Collier and David Horowitz.

This book is a collection of articles by two former sixties radicals who "saw the light" and voted for Reagan. The book is very interesting, as most of it provides significant insight into the Communist insurgency in the United States during the 60s and thereafter. These guys pull no punches and point out that the same "New Left" radicals who were rioting, bombing and otherwise trying to start a revolution in the US in the 60s are now in Congress, the media, "public interest" law firms and the universities pursuing the same agenda. There is a good chapter on Berkeley and how it was destroyed by communists. Also good commentary on "McCarthyism" and how sixties radicals used attacks on it to prevent anyone from questioning who they really are -- communist sympathizers and traitors.

I have met Peter Collier (he spoke to a lawyers group I am involved in), and these guys are very smart, interesting people. They changed their radical viewpoints and admitted they had been wrong after seeing what happened in Vietnam after the war and what every other Communist regime has done once in power. The book was written in the late 80s (89, I think), and there are some good vignettes about American libs going down to Central America and aiding the enemy.

I recommend the book, although it is not "necessary" reading.