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Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. "Why Are Our Intellectuals So Dumb?"
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About Firing Line With William F. Buckley Jr. "Why Are
Taped on December 3, 1981. "The study by Paul Hollander," Mr. Buckley begins, "is terribly overdue. It has been the most conspicuous scandal of two generations that a substantial number of Western intellectuals have been seduced by monstrous social regimes." The "pilgrims" in the title of his book, alas, refers not to people who have made the pilgrimage away from totalitarianism, but simply, as Mr. Hollander's subtitle puts it, to Travels of Western Intellectuals to the Soviet Union, China, and Cuba, 1928-1978. He passes along the raptures of dozens of these people, ranging from Anna Louise Strong to Staughton Lynd, from Edmund Wilson to Susan Sontag, from Tom Hayden to Harrison Salisbury. Buckley: "Is it safe to say that once you've learned political truths you are not again easily deceived?" Hollander: "No, I'm afraid that's not quite true, because many people who learned something from the case of the Soviet Union fell again on China and on Cuba, and are now falling for Nicaragua right after Cuba; so I think this quest for a good society outside your own is endless." Summary by Firing Line staff.When sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
