An excellent book. His “Naked Capitalist” is almost as good and is a rebuttal to Galbraith’s “Tragedy and Hope.” But “Naked Communist” really spells out the history, goals, and progress of the communists.
As a side note, if you read the write-up of “Naked Communist” in wiki, there is a quote from Mark Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway’s son) who calls it the most paranoid book he ever read.
I found that really amusing, since the book essentially points out the goals the communist will obtain by subterfuge...and we now know that Mark’s dear old “Papa” contacted Stalin and offered his services to help turn America into a Soviet-style state (thanks to the FOIA).
Yeah, good ol’ Ernest Hemingway was not just a socialist who helped back Castro financially. He was a dyed-in-the-wool communist who thought Uncle Joe was just another macho man like himself.
I love his style of writing, but Ernie has become just another of those leftist jackasses (like Woodrow Wilson) that I would like to dig up just to piss on.
Congressional Record—Appendix, pp. A34-A35
January 10, 1963
Interesting it was put into congressional record as a guideline and warning? Maybe someone should pull it out of congressional record and read each goal and see how many are reality?