American Betrayal and "Planet X"

By Diana West on Tuesday, November 05, 2013

The war on American Betrayal launched from the Right continues to perplex people. I hear the same question everywhere I go, and notably from people who have actually read the book: What is inside the covers of American Betrayal that could have inspired the no-holds-barred smear campaign against it waged by putative political allies?

M. Stanton Evans has discussed his theory in "In Defense of Diana West", Vladimir Bukovsky and Pavel Stroilov weighed in with"Why Academics Hate Diana West".

I have my own theories, too. Now, Ned May of Gates of Vienna, a leading counterjihad site that distinguished itself during the hottest weeks of this battle in its defense not only of my book and me personally but also free and civil debate more generally, has published here his further and deeper thoughts on the controversy. These also include Ned's take on the crashing silence on the part of professional commentators on the matter…….To Read More »