The War on the West cover art

The War on the West

How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason

Preview
Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Auto-renews at $8.99/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The War on the West

By: Douglas Murray
Try Standard free

Auto-renews at $8.99/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $29.06

Buy Now for $29.06

About this listen

SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

‘The most important book of the year’ Daily Mail

The 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 scholars, hatemongers, hostile nations and human-rights abusers hoping to distract from their ongoing villainy.

In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows the ways in which many well-meaning people have been lured into polarisation by lies, and shows how far the world’s most crucial political debates have been hijacked across Europe and America. Propelled by an incisive deconstruction of inconsistent arguments and hypocritical activism, The War on the West is an essential and urgent polemic that cements Murray’s status as one of the world’s foremost political writers.

©2022 Douglas Murray (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers
Civilisation Europe Freedom & Security Great Britain Political Science Politics & Government World War Thought-Provoking Social justice

Critic Reviews

‘Murray shows not just how every aspect of western society has come under the iconoclasts’ gaze – from mathematics to music, Kew Gardens to Jane Austen – but how flimsy their case often is.’ – The Sunday Times

‘Murray writes with wonderful lucidity about the many fronts on which the West is waging war against itself. And he writes with a sense of urgency.’ – Real Clear Politics

‘Well executed… a spirited defence against the Left's assault on the Western tradition.’ – The Daily Telegraph

The War on the West is a monumental book leading to several pivotal realisations.’ – Lotus Eaters

Meticulous, measuredThe War on the West is Douglas Murray’s latest blast against loony left wokery.’ – The Spectator

Praise for Douglas Murray and The Madness of Crowds

‘Whether one agrees with him or not, Douglas Murray is one of the most important public intellectuals today.’ – Bernard-Henry Levy

‘This is an author who specialises in expressing what everyone sort of knows already and is afraid to say…Well argued, well supported, and well observed.’ – Lionel Shriver

‘Simply brilliant. Reading it to the end, I felt as though I’d just drawn my first full breath in years. At a moment of collective madness, there is nothing more refreshing – or indeed, provocative – than sanity.’ – Sam Harris

‘His latest book is beyond brilliant and should be read, must be read, by everyone. He mercilessly exposes the hypocrisy and embarrassingly blatant contradictions that run rife through the current ‘woke’ vouge.’ – Richard Dawkins

‘Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech… A truthful look at today’s most divisive issues.’ – Jordan B. Peterson

‘Extraordinary. Magnificent. Searing. Necessary. I salute il miglior fabbro. ‘And whether they listen or fail to listen… they will know that the prophet has been among them’ (Ezekiel 2:5)’ – Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

All stars
Most relevant
Very, very good. I'm glad there are people who aren't crazy in this world! I'm now going to buy his other books, it's a shame he didn't read them as well

Great book!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

The conclusion was the best piece of literature I have ever read. CRT is racist, it gives it away in the name.

Brilliant

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

How do everyday people arm themselves against the vindictive ideologies of CRT, intersectionality and gender identity madness that is spreading across the west? Simply, learn what they are and what they want and learn how to stand your ground firmly in truth, this book helps you to do so.

God bless Douglas Murray.

Another fantastic book by Douglas

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Interesting take on the increase in sycophants and self-righteous scoundrels who make a living through strangling western culture.

Sycophant culture in the west

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I read the Madness of Crowds and found Douglas Murray to be 2 years late to the discussion. I thought this was going to happen again once I started this book, however, he delves into more pertinent and universal issues towards the second half of this book. The second half was hard to put down, and I found the last 5 hours to be finished within the day.
A good and patriotic defence of western values.

Slow start, great second half

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.