“With the publication of my second book, American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character, I am looking forward to a vigorous debate about my findings,” Diana West wrote when the book was released.  What followed was not exactly what she had in mind. On August 9, 2013, after the book had received largely glowing reviews and endorsements from conservative writers, Frontpage Magazine published a blistering attack by Ronald Radosh, “McCarthy on Steroids.”  The review questioned not only the author’s conclusions, but her competence. This kicked off the nastiest internecine conflict on the right in recent memory, pitting, in the eyes of their adversaries, supine “court historians” against wild-eyed “yellow journalists.”  Embroiled in the controversy were, among others, two groups of individuals who, in some cases, had been barely aware of each other -- critics of Islam and writers on Soviet...(Read Full Article)