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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Honest man!!! Feb 01, 2010
I looked forward to reading this book immensely, and I was not disappointed. Also I recommend reading: "THE HOAX OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY" by Arthur R. Butz.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Homo Americanus Mar 10, 2009
This is another fine book by the hands of the bold Croatian (yet long-time expatriate) scholar and ex-diplomat Tomislav Sunic about the subject of Western decline. His most known previous book was of course "Against Equality and Democracy" which was a thinly veiled critique and survey of the "Homo Soveticus", that is, the inhabitants of the then recently collapsed Soviet Union. Today, the monster that was the USSR exists no more, but as Dr. Sunic aims to tell us, there was no reason for it to do so anymore, considering that Capitalism had already established a Soviet Republic to the far West, with little underlings throughout Europe. After the excellent foreword by the always enlightening Dr. Kevin MacDonald which gives a general background to the state of the West and what kind of intellectual climate any person asking critical questions about it is forced to live in. The book would be recommended for the foreword alone.
Since summarizing the contents of the book is something which these tiny Amazon-reviews seldom leave space for, I'll write the names of the chapters as a small pointer. 1. "Americanism and Anti-Americanism" 2. "Twin Brothers" 3. "The Origins of Political Correctness and America's Role in its Perfection" 4. "The Biblical Origins of American Fundamentalism" 5. "In Yahweh We Trust: A Divine Foreign Policy" 6. "Post-America and Postmodernity" 7. "E Pluribus Dissensus: Exit European Americans" and finally "The Oddity of American Democracy". Although of course seldom describing the already "awakened", the book does, I think, describe the vast majority of US citizens and their European lackeys perfectly. Hence, this will be a very uncomfortable read for a majority of its potential readers, given Sunic's honest style of writing, but a little uncomfort is a small price to pay for expanding one's mind greatly, wouldn't you say?
Sunic has no qualms about putting his own "choir" (the "Right-wing" radicals) under critique as well, as when he condemns the focus a lot of would-be conservative revolutionaries' have on economics instead of culture and religion on p.23; "Why should one worry about the passing of the great white race if that race has only been involved in endless economic transactions?"
As he points out on page 32: "Real historical time supposedly began in the Soviet Union in 1917 and in the USA in 1776". Scary, to say the least, considering our indo-European millennium year old past.
Also, people going on about the lack of "human rights" in various countries and why "we should invade them to give them democracy", need to wake up and smell the roses in their own back garden, p.79; "[...] any critical inquiry into the dominant ideas surrounding France's multiculturalism, or any critical examination of anti-Fascism during the period of the Second World War, are legally considered to be a criminal offence in France".
And as a final quote that basically says it all, I'll leave to Martin Heidegger quoted on p. 183; "[...] he denounced America as a place for a boxing career, but not a place for a career in philosophy".
If you wish to greatly expand your mind, get this book and hopefully Kevin MacDonald's "Culture of Critique" along with it. If you on the other hand wish to continue dying your rapidly approaching death, keep on watching TV and have "a great time" as Homo Americanus is so fond of. 5 stars.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Honest and daring! Jun 05, 2008
Sunic may not have written his final magnum opus, but this book surely puts him on the way of it.
Aside from some certain incorrect historical details on Puritans, it is certainly a book worth reading, worth your every effort.
It takes a courageous man to write and publish such a thing!
3 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Homo-Americanus Sep 23, 2007
has much to recommend it....requires an open and inquisitive mind...
a college level comprehension of English
2 of 25 found the following review helpful:
 More about the author Sep 11, 2007
Dr. Sunic tells us more about himself than about his subject. Perhaps one should also watch the movie "Borat".
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