Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium
Robert Conquest is the author of numerous books, including, most recently, "Reflections on a Ravaged Century."
It’s hard to think of a really fine book that is totally neglected. Still, I seldom come across anyone who has read Norman Cohn’s “The Pursuit of the Millennium,” doubtless because its theme is chiliastic sects of 500 years ago. But (especially in its expanded later edition), it is uniquely wise and informative about the nature, recruitment and delusions of such movements--then and now.
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