Closing of the American Mind

"The New York Times"Remarkable....hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy. S. Frederick Starr"The Washington Post Book World"Rich and absorbing....A grand tour of the American mind. "The New York Times Book Review"An unparalleled reflection on today's intellectual and moral climate....That rarest of documents, a genuinely profound book. William Kristol"The Wall Street Journal"Brilliant....No other book combines such shrewd insights into our current state....No other book is at once so lively and so deep, so witty and so thoughtful, so outrageous and so sensible, so amusing and so chilling....An extraordinary book. "The New York Times Book Review" An unparalleled reflection on today's intellectual and moral climate....That rarest of documents, a genuinely profound book. "The New York Times" Remarkable....hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy. S. Frederick Starr "The Washington Post Book World" Rich and absorbing....A grand tour of the American mind. William Kristol "The Wall Street Journal" Brilliant....No other book combines such shrewd insights into our current state....No other book is at once so lively and so deep, so witty and so thoughtful, so outrageous and so sensible, so amusing and so chilling....An extraordinary book. "Rich and absorbing. . . . A grand tour of the American mind." --"The Washington Post Book World" "Brilliant. . . . No other book combines such shrewd insights into our current state. . . . No other book is at once so lively and so deep, so witty and so thoughtful, so outrageous and so sensible, so amusing and so chilling.. . . An extraordinary book." --William Kristol, " The Wall Street Journal" "The New York Times Book Review"An unparalleled reflection on today's intellectual and moral climate....That rarest of documents, a genuinely profound book. S. Frederick Starr"The Washington Post Book World" Rich and absorbing....A grand tour of the American mind. "The New York Times"Remarkable....hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy. William Kristol"The Wall Street Journal" Brilliant....No other book combines such shrewd insights into our current state....No other book is at once so lively and so deep, so witty and so thoughtful, so outrageous and so sensible, so amusing and so chilling....An extraordinary book.