Radical Son

A Generational Odyssey

By: David Horowitz

Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz

Originally a radical socialist, the current driving force behind the rise of the Hollywood right recounts how he moved from one set of political convictions to another over the course of thirty years, and challenges readers to consider how they came by their own convictions.©1997 David Horowitz; (P)2001 Books on Tape, Inc.

Five Stars is Too Few

This is an outstanding audiobook. It covers the growth and ultimate change of a self-described "red diaper baby" through his search for truth which was not to be found in the false causes to which he had given so much, including the Black Panther Party. Present-day liers about the author ignore all these facts and much more. And the story is far from one sided: the author reveals and acknowledges his own flaws and failures, including highly personal information about his own role in the failure of his marriages. Finally, the narrator is absolutely perfect for this work. His tone and delivery make a perfect companion to the content. One of the best books on Audbile.com.

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As a millenial educated in the humanities, this book really put my liberal ideas into perspective. We all need to seriously evaluate what kind of ideas we should never allow to become popular, and marxist left ideas are alive and well today in 2018. Read this if you’ve ever questioned your liberal peers or thought that your fellow lefty millenials have totally lost it. This really reveals the ugly true face of all of these enticing ideologies, and anyone with a liberal arts college education has been inevitably indoctrinated. Read this if you want answers to what feels very wrong in your gut about “liberals” and “the left.”

Horowitz steps forward with the truth

Radical Son is a courageous and truthful self-examination. The confession part is fascinating, but the reader also gets a broad history of the radical movement and, within it, one radical's harrowing journey from belief to apostasy.

It IS entertaining, thoroughly. We get nasty inside dirt on leaders & criminals he got close to: Huey Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, Abbie Hoffman and others. He explains how his former friend, Tom Hayden, had direct ties to Viet Cong leaders, how a Soviet spy once awkwardly bribed him, and the heartbreaking story of his friend who was tortured & murdered by her employer, the Black Panthers, after he had recommended her for the job.

After growing up watching the hippie revolution told on TV and in Time Magazine, and eventually seeing the 60s radicals advance to positions of highest powers on Earth, I now get to learn the unguarded truth from someone who was inside the movement.

I am grateful to David Horowitz for telling us his story (he has suffered for betraying the Left).

THE NARRATION
I love the narration by Jonathon Marosz(?). Expressive and sturdy but never "too much" -- so you don't tire of him. I listened through twice.

(Jeff Riggenbach, who narrates the other version of this title, I find intolerable.)

honesty

Thoroughly enjoyed this book . The incredible naked honesty of self delusion and discovery is engaging. now to look up Destructive Generation...

A good comprehensive telling...

David Horowitz was on the forefront of the "New Left" movement that began in Berkeley and was popularized by its opposition to the Vietnam War. Even going one step beyond, his upbringing in the Marxist ideology would place him at a level of radicalism that few Leftists could claim. His involvement with the Black Panthers... the list goes on. The entire history being told in minute detail might have a slight tendency to drag (especially considering Mr. Horowitz's penchant for self-inspection every step of the way), but the necessity of hearing the unabridged version becomes clear once the details of his ideological transformation come to light. The manner in which the story is told makes it obvious that Mr. Horowitz's "change of heart" was not surprising at all, but simply a matter of time. It could even be said to have been necessary, considering the events leading up to his "heresy". Overall, an enjoyable tale, and a serious argument in favor of the general conservative mindset. Liberals beware: your loss was definitely our gain in this case.