This is a polemic. Based on the author, that is a given. However, due to Levy's amazingly eventful life and courage, just about everything he writes is worth reading. Particularly, his lucid passage about the conflict between tolerance and secularism (in the "Fascislamism" chapter) is alone worth the time required for the book. It is also interesting to read a perspective informed by the recent history of Europe rather than North America, to see which events resonate in different places.
Once can find many conversations with Levy on CharlieRose.com.
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