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Title: The Rage and The Pride by Oriana Fallaci ISBN: 0847825043 Publisher: Rizzoli Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.94
Rating: 5
Summary: Passionate Wisdom
Comment: This book is worth its price just for the anecdotes from Oriana Fallaci's many journalistic adventures. From being shot covering riots in Mexico City and left for dead in a morgue, to her harrowing experience in Iran (for an interview with Ayatollah Khomeini) to her glowing account of an extended interview with the Dalai Lama, Ms Fallaci's credentials as an international journalist are unsurpassed. So too her knowledge of and passion for defending the intellectual and political treasures of Western Civilization against global Islamic megaterror abetted by Western passivity and acquiescence. This soaring monogram is more than antidote to lethargy, as the perspective offered encompasses the ancient Greeks, American and French revolutions, and the blood, sweat and toil of the ages that has produced the freedoms and advanced standard of living enjoyed by developed Western countries currently threatened by allies of the 9/11 monsters. There are times when raising one's voice in outrage is not just appropriate but called for. When Oriana Fallaci raises hers, those who value wisdom and welcome sincere passion must listen. You will be a deeper, more critical thinker after reading this concise work, which may become one of the classics of the ages.
Rating: 5
Summary: Passionate Truth
Comment: Oriana Fallaci is honest. That's the best part of her new sermon. She is not a woman who will pull punches, who will temper her passion to appease those who might get offended. It's so refreshing, so inspiring to read an educated European woman decry some of her own continental brethren. This brethren include the intellectuals and "leaders" who always drop those wonderful hints that America was really to blame for September 11th. That we're such a big bully, that we're so dangerous and evil. Fallaci reacts with the zeal of a wounded American, betrayed by European lack of comprehension. She compares Europe's ostrich complex to America's during the rise of fascism. They don't understand the war being fought, that the enemy is within and will do anything to destroy the native culture. That is the nature of the beast she points out, and she doesn't shy away from naming names and pointing fingers.
The enemy to Fallaci and the rest of the civilized world is Islamic Fundamentalism. The reason why this book is such a good read is she puts the threat in human terms. Throwing away the classic retort "Well, it's just a small minority," Fallaci describes the things she sees. She sees millions, millions of people chanting Death to America. Whole governments, controlled by degenerate autocrats fear this mass of illiterate Nazis. That's what they are, Nazis. Even worse, religious Nazi's, filled with a love of death and hatred of life. They have no ability to better themselves or others, so they kill and teach hate. It's a petty existence, and a dangerous one. That's the message Fallaci gets across with startling vigor. She states that the war is not over, and will get worse. This is a very enlightened few, not pessimistic, realistic. The masses of blackshirts with little books are no different than histories great tyrants and murderers, their rage has to end with death or failure.
Of course, Fallaci's writings caused an uproar all across Europe. The biggest critics, various imams of Europe,(many of whom have been implicated or jailed for terrorist activities) celebrated 9-11 and push the tenets of religious death to their followers. This is in Europe, the cradle of the West. Then come the death threats, the personal attacks, the celebrations on hearing of Fallaci's terminal cancer. What else do they have to celebrate, their culture is dead and only anger brings release or parity. That's the message Fallaci is going to get across even if someone carries out one of the "religiously" sanctioned death edicts.
A brave lady and a wonderful writer. Good luck to her.
Rating: 4
Summary: Worth Reading - 5 Stars for Passion, 3 Stars for Translation
Comment: This is an impassioned and at times bitter diatribe directed at those Europeans (and particularly Italians) who either excuse the Muslim extremists whose goal is to destroy Western (especially US) culture or who are afraid to criticize them because of the supposedly religious nature of their beliefs. The attack on the twin towers of The World Trade Center caused celebrated columnist Oriana Fallaci to break her silence of the past ten years in order to voice her rage and her pride (in the values of Western culture). The book was a best seller and created an uproar and enormous debate when published in Italy and subsequently in other European countries.
Fallaci chose to translate the English language version herself in order to be true to her thoughts. While it clearly is effective in conveying the depth of her feelings, she would have been better served using a translator and then being her own editor. The book is a rambling stream of consciousness discussion of the events of 9/11 in the context of her life experiences (including as an Italian during WWII and her numerous interviews with world leaders including heads of several Muslim countries). The perspective which she has gained from these experiences imbue her passionate call to the West for a recognition of the nature of the current struggle with Islamic fundamentalists.
Fallaci has been accused of being racist, but as she correctly responds this book is about religion and culture, not race. It is about her claim that the goal of bin Laden and radical Islam (not Arabs) is to destroy our civilization and our way of life. They do not want to coexist, they want to destroy. Her insights are very interesting, especially her knowledge of Buddhism gained from her interview with the Dalai Lama and her contrast of that religious leader with many Islamic clerics. There are many boring and overdone passages, and she repeats much of her family history in unnecessary detail in order to provide background for her personal perspective.
Thus, while the book is very uneven, it is definitely a worthwhile read (and quite short). Her attack on moral relativism is first rate, and the insight and analysis which she brings to her subject reminds us of why she was such an acclaimed (and controversial) journalist. She takes accurate aim on the appeasers, cowards and pseudo-intellectuals who fail to recognize the dangers of the current situation and seem doomed to repeat history; her passionate defense of the benefits of freedom and liberty is first rate and almost lyrical at times. As she succinctly observes, "Memory may fade, hypocrisy may win, but History cannot be cancelled...It can be ignored or forgotten,yes. It can be falsified as Big Brother does in Orwell's novel, but it cannot be cancelled." So read this call to action based on Fallaci's historical insights; then decide if you agree with her.
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