That was what I got from it too. I think one of the key things that changed him from a Leftist to a conservative was his exposure to the Black Panthers, and the open criminal mindset...culminating in the murder of Betty Van Patter, a secretary who somehow crossed someone.
Great read. Also, the whole concept of the Communists in this country who socialized with each other, vacationed with each other, and so on.
Can you imagine? Joseph McCarthy was indeed right. There WAS a Communist infestation.
Radical Son is one of the greatest books I’ve ever read. Superb! It bothers me that he is now on the outs with the great Ronald Radosh because of his militant support of Donald Trump. Radosh, I guess, is a neo-con Never Trumper although he is the one who proved conclusively that Julius Rosenberg was guilty as hell. I just don’t understand this hatred for the president!