20th Century Heroes
by The New American magazine
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Author: The New American magazineEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2000-10
ISBN: 0964567911
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: American Opinion Books
Book Reviews of 20th Century Heroes
Book Review: NO POLITICAL TURTLES HERE (They All Stuck Their Necks Out!)
Summary: 4 Stars
My family participates in a "Mystery Santa, Gift Theft" game every Christmas Eve. A few years back, I anonymously brought a copy of 20TH CENTURY HEROES for the game, hoping to swipe it for myself - which I did. "Santa" knows what I like.
20TH CENTURY HEROES is a fine book, featuring well-researched & nicely written profiles of "25 extraordinary individuals [who] helped steer the course of history away from the tyranny of the Total State." These people were great GIRAFFES, not POLITICAL TURTLES! The book is loaded with photographs, and 5 to 10 pages are dedicated to each hero.
In his Introduction, Gary Benoit writes: "On the surface at least, the tragic history of the last century does not appear to offer much hope for the survival of our Christian-style civilization...the 20th-century prologue to the new millenium could be described as the rise of the Total State - the totalitarian "isms" (Communism, Nazism, Facism), under which the ruling elite exercise absolute power without any religious, moral, or legal constraints...Of course, none of the heroes honored in this book was perfect; all of them were sinners. Yet, by the grace of God, they were able to perform heroic deeds in spite of man's fallen nature and, in many cases, to rally their countrymen in defense of freedom."
The 25 individuals are profiled under the following categories...
MARTIAL VALOR:
Douglas MacArthur / George Patton / Draza Mihailovich / Henri Guisan
STATESMANSHIP:
Chiang Kai-shek / Francisco Franco / Antonio de Oliveira Salazar / Syngman Rhee / Moise Tshombe / Augusto Pinochet / Robert Taft
FAITH, COURAGE, CHARACTER:
Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty / John Birch / Charles Lindberg / Ezra Taft Benson / Booker T. Washington
SCHOLARSHIP, PHILOSOPHY, IMAGINATION:
Ludwig von Mises / G.K. Chesterton / C.S. Lewis / Taylor Caldwell / Yoey O'Dogherty
FREEDOM ACTIVISM:
John T. Flynn / Martin Dies / Joseph McCarthy / Dan Smoot / Robert Welch
I have an affinity for any book that sets the record straight concerning the calumny STILL being upchucked by the mass media about Senator Joseph McCarthy --- [TV Guide's Dec. 5-11, 2004 issue featured 'The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments!' Coming in at #39, "HAVE YOU NO SHAME?" (6/9/54) : "At the Army-McCarthy hearings, the lawyer's question for the senator finally shows who the real enemy is."
*Anybody who believes that is in dire need of deprogramming!]
Although the man died before I was born, I feel an intense pain in my heart for McCarthy, and embarrassment for how this country turned its back on that truly heroic patriot. America was not worthy of him. Even less so now.
'The New American' magazine (an organ of the John Birch Society) is quite possibly the finest current events periodical in the country (see www.thenewamerican.com). Since these essays first appeared in its pages, it is no surprise that Birch & Robert Welch are included. Although I admire their publications, I'm forced to question the possibility of an unrevealed agenda shared by Welch & the "inside" members of his Society. [*If you're a JBS member, you can write me & I'll be glad to elaborate.]
20TH CENTURY HEROES will be a valuable research tool in the bookshelf of any real American patriot concerned with the struggle between liberty & despotism, between the free enterprise system & State-controlled abject collectivism. However, my mind being devoid of PANGLOSSIAN delusions, I am convinced that this book & the great truths it explores, will remain largely ignored by this and future generations, to the detriment of global societies!
(*A Note To Future Reviewers : We would appreciate it if your book review kindly honors the anti-Panglossian theme that has been carefully established by your predecessors on this Product Page. Thank you for your cooperation.)
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