SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER-The most important book of the year- Daily MailThe brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world-s foremost political writers-The anti-Western revisionists have been out in force in recent years. It is high time that we revise them in turn--In The War on the West, international bestselling author Douglas Murray asks: if the history of humankind is one of slavery, conquest, prejudice, genocide and exploitation, why are only Western nations taking the blame for it? It-s become perfectly acceptable to celebrate the contributions of non-Western cultures, but discussing their flaws and crimes is called hate speech. What-s more it has become acceptable to discuss the flaws and crimes of Western culture, but celebrating their contributions is also called hate speech. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning; however, some is part of a larger international attack on reason, democracy, science, progress and the citizens of the West by dishonest schol
