The War on the West

A must read for everyone! Educational and insightful, Douglas skillfully authors this book to articulate and explain the cultural revolution we are currently embroiled in to eradicate Western Civilization. To keep our culture, defend our freedoms and stand up to the wave of radical ideologies, this is a great book to arm yourself with the education you need to stand against the propaganda.

My only criticism is that his insights are so insightful that they are disturbing. Critical reading for anyone that cares about the future of liberal democracies.

This book is straightforward in analyzing what is currently underway in the West. All Whites should read this book and especially white youth. Murray in his concluding remarks will strengthen whites as to our past history and stop any guilt that has been forced upon you.

Having already read his two former publications, all the while keeping a close eye on most of the goings-on surrounding what this book tackles as it's central subject matter, this one was pretty much what I expected. Though it should be noted that it did have some exceptions of just gallingly unbelievable examples I simply could not have conjured up on my own.Nevertheless, Mr. Murray delivers here what many will have heard him elaborate on over the years in so many of his interviews online, but in a written form with a clear path and purpose. What struck me as most hilarious about his presence in the public eye, though, was when I finally decided to visit the Wikipedia-article on him to see what was there.If you ever need further confirmation that Wikipedia has truly fallen from grace in recent years, get to know Mr. Murray first on a “personal” basis (by listening to him speak on many subject matters and/or read his books) and, once you feel you have a good neutral grasp on who he is and what he thinks, without feeling the need to label and slander him at every turn, visit his Wikipedia-page. It is so ungenerously and blatantly slanderous and demonizing it is actually almost, but only almost, funny. His own Wikipedia-page confirm so many aspects of what he alludes to in his three latest publications.Needless to say, most of the more overwhelmingly negative feedback for this book that may be gleaned here are also equally quite lacking in any content of consequence to what this book is actually trying to get across. One overwhelmingly finds either empty dismissals accusing him of racism and bigotry, several of which are from people who self-admittedly did not even bother finishing the book (oh, the irony), or those who take the least significant potential errors in research as emblematic of what this book contains in its entirety. One in particular took issue with what seemed to be Mr. Murray's error in claiming that a certain college was the only such named college by a living person at the time.If you actually read this book, only to either resort to a course of “ad hominism”, or simply choosing these kinds of inconsequential errors as the most "appalling examples of shoddy research", then you have either failed to recognize, or choose to turn a blind eye to, just how truly astoundingly far off the deep-end and off the rails certain narratives in our culture have become. I think a good exercise in imagination for anyone would be to try and imagine scenarios of public discourse that would have been genuinely more unreasonable than the real-world examples covered in this book, were they to actually happen – and there are many of them, both within the book and not. The subject matter of this book really does deal with some of the limit cases in modernity for insanity, ideological posession, intellectual dishonesty, hypocrisy and downright incoherent and irreconcilable world-views.On the other end of the criticism-spectrum, we seem to have devout and already "in the know"-people complaining that Mr. Murray omits to mention theories concerning the idea that, for example, immigration is a planned and very much coordinated attack on the west (see Kalergi Plan for more on this), and that to have failed to do so is a cowardly move.There seems to be no way of even trying to get basic sentiments on such a topic across anymore without people from all sides rushing in to hurl all of their own personal spins on every detail, both miniscule and grand, towards a work such as this. To take just the “Kalergi Plan” here for a moment: This plan has in it some rather bold and worrying claims attached to it, were it to be only half-true. Therefore, to merely mention, or devote just a section or even half a chapter as a way to sate such an out-of-place complaint would be ludicrous and counter-productive. A plan of this sort involves such massive movements of peoples, and such massive decision-making considerations within a whole slew of nations, that such a claim is in need of at least an entire volume of its own before the idea can even be entertained and weighed sufficiently. To insist that such an idea should be given an off-the-cuff mention would be a complete disservice to what the author is trying to show, and this should be glaringly obvious.For those who have not read it yet, no matter where you stand on the political spectrum, see if you can't read it dispassionately and take it for what it is. Perhaps observe when and why, for whatever reason, you seem to get agitated or nervous. Note how, in the presence of the text you are reading, nothing is coming at you other than words, and your feelings of outrage should actually be something you are always on your toes against. It is, in most cases when reading or hearing a claim, an invitation to unreason.If you can reasonably dismiss or counter-argue a claim, good for you. But what Mr. Murray manages to do most well, in my humble opinion, is to mount a position that is reasonable enough so that anyone still interested in justice, fairness, true equality among the "races", et cetera, should be able to come away from this book having understood more about some of what has taken place in the last decade or so in this area, on both sides, without throwing a fit – regardless of where you may opine on the subject.If you do, however, you have in all likelihood become a prisoner of a certain ideology. This does not mean to say that Mr. Murray does not carry ideas and opinions of his own, but he does so with the values that certainly exemplify what we most aspire to have them be in this so-called "West" – civility and openness for discussion. And that quality is indeed sorely lacking in this day and age, and therefore if you actually do believe in these values, you should be able to read a work such as this with a clear and unpolluted mind.Peace out!

Every time I read a book by Douglas Murray, this is my third, I feel like I have been bracingly slapped in the face. "Wake up" is the message. I appreciated the book's historical perspective. The passages on resentment and Nietsche were very powerful and I will be pondering those bits of wisdom for the duration. Just excellent insights. The book is important and the stakes are high and as a result, it is an emotional experience to read it, and take in all of its implications. At least for me. For many years I accepted anti-racist, anti-colonialist critiques of Western society without question, and most of my friends still do. In fact, it is almost impossible to talk to any of them about even a slightly modified point of view. So I am isolated these days. A lifelong Democrat, I find myself (silently) feeling grateful to Republicans for pushing back on CRT in the schools and for questioning inappropriate books in school libraries. At the same time, I am as appalled by the excesses of the right as I am by the extremism of the left. Does no one have common sense any more? The fact that it is almost impossible to even discuss most issues with either side tells me there is something deeply wrong with our discourse.The evolution of my thought has been long process, but at its base, was my willingness to notice when ideology collided with what I had experienced in a lifetime of thinking about racial divides and engaging people who were not like me. These discordant moments caused me to try and dig deeper into what was going on. Sometimes I found that I was not thinking deeply enough. But more often I did understand exactly what was going on. Much of what I was hearing and reading was exaggerated or downright lies or distortions. Murray's framing of recent events as a moral panic is apt. I can't find anything in the book to take issue with really. I don't think, though, that the people who might benefit most from this book will read it. One barrier, not the only one, is that the alarm over the Jan. 6 violence will cause people on the left to dig in even deeper, as the other side seems to be doing. This is very much too bad. Praying that our country will get through these dangerous times and that we may regain our belief in ourselves and our tradition and our future.

A very important book to understand the modern times we live in. The anti-west mentality that is spread out in every part of our society.

Highly readable and informative. Whether you agree with Mr. Douglas or not, he provides a compelling and well reasoned argument providing ample amount of evidence to support his claims. We need more intelligent and rational discussions in regards to the issues he brings to the table. And yes, he does state aloud what most would never, making it rather refreshing read.

Douglas Murray es un excelente escritor, muy buen libro, lo disfruté mucho y aprendí mucho también !Excelente compra !

This is a very well written book, articulating an argument that will be deeply unpopular to some. Murry's approach is moderate and his narrative largely based upon verifiable facts and reason. I personally do not agree with everything said, and some areas are very much a matter of interpretation. However, the broad statement is solid and very brave in a world where pointing out facts and using reason can come at great risk. The truth is, the new wave of 'anti-racism' is 'pro-racism' but 'anti-western' culture. I would recommend this book to all academics and students in Universities, irrespective of their field of interest, as a liberal balance to some of the more illiberal view-points now dominating the narratives in our Universities.

As usual Murray delivers a brilliantly exposed picture of today’s sad reality. A must read because full of well-researched facts.