Useful Idiots - by Mona Charen (Paperback)

About the Book

Syndicated columnist and CNN commentator Charen offers a moral indictment of those public figures--politicians, entertainers and professors--who, she says, stubbornly refused to see communism for what it was: a brutal, dictatorial death machine.

From the Back Cover

Meet the "Useful Idiots" Al Gore, Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Jesse Jackson, Madeleine Albright, Katie Couric, Jane Fonda, Martin Sheen, and all the other liberals who were -- and are -- always willing to blame America first and defend its enemies as simply "misunderstood."

Now that the Cold War has been won, these liberals, amazingly, are proud to claim credit for the victory -- conveniently forgetting their apologies for the Communists and their spluttering attacks on Cold Warriors like Ronald Reagan.

But nationally syndicated columnist Mona Charen isn't about to let them rewrite history. From politicians and professors to entertainers and journalists, she exposes the useful idiots for all the world to see in this arresting New York Times bestseller.

Review Quotes

"With America once again at war, it's useful to be reminded of the phenomenon of useful idiots. Unfortunately, they're once again with us. So Mona Charen's fine historical study is uncannily relevant." - -- William Kristol, editor, Weekly Standard
"I prayed that such a book would be written but doubted anything so wonderfully readable and instructive at the same time would come along. But here is Mona Charen's great explication of the central conflict of our times." - William F. Buckley Jr., editor-at-large, National Review
"Useful Idiots reminds us that the West is endangered by enemies within who seek to weaken our morale even as we face assault from without." - Robert H. Bork, senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute