"Breaks its bounds....As a thinker [and] as a writer, Berman begins to cast a spell."
- Bookforum,
"Brilliant, stirring."
- Dallas Morning News,
"Full of good, smart moments."
- Kirkus Reviews,
"An accomplished intellectual history....This book has insights for everyone across the political spectrum who seeks a better understanding of the present danger."
- National Review,
"One of the most challenging accounts of the post-9/11 world."
- New York Times,
"Berman makes a compelling case."
- New York Times Book Review,
"A compelling [and] powerful book."
- Newsletter of the Social Democrats USA,
"Berman connects the dots of world fascism...Policymakers everywhere should bone up on his discoveries and take heed."
- Philadelphia Inquirer,
"Berman is one of the most elegant and provacative thinkers to emerge from America's New Left."
- Salon,
"An achievement...practical, yet analytical."
- The Nation,
"There is much to admire in Berman's book....[a] valuable contribution."
- The New York Review,
"A damning indictment of bad leftism...a smart [and] honest book that should be read."
- The Weekly Standard,
"An engaging, delusion-busting history primer."
- Village Voice,
"Wonderfully rich and illuminating."
- Wall Street Journal,
"Berman's book is penetrating, insightful, honest, erudite...it is always intense."
- Washington Monthly,
"Forceful and persuasive."
- Washington Post Book World,