[WaterDragon]

You probably read "Visions of the Annointed", his earlier book. This one is new.

"..Annointed" goes into a lot of detail that is also extremely interesting. The two books really belong together.

[HumanaeVitae]

Actually, I've never gotten to that one. However, another excellent book for understanding the left-wing mind is Paul Johnson's Intellectuals.

However, the best book by far for understanding the left-wing mind is Dostoevsky's The Demons (also titled as The Possessed or The Devils). It's fiction, but it'll open your eyes to what's really going on inside the collectivist mind--especially the passage that's become known as "Stavrogin's Confession".

[awelliott]

Conflict is an outstanding book, though it isn't the easiest read. Another good one by Sowell is "Compassion vs Guilt", which is a collection of short articles. Nobody can peel the hide off of the left quite like he can. You may be referring to an updated edition of "A Conflict of Visions", but it isn't a new book. My copy has a copyright date of 1987...