Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism is a 2002 best-selling book by conservative political commentator and media personality Sean Hannity

Sean Hannity

Sean Hannity is an American radio and television host, author, and conservative political commentator. He is the host of The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. Hannity also hosts a cable news show, Hannity,...

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Summary

According to the publisher, in the book "Hannity offers a survey of the world — political, social, and cultural — as he sees it." The book has been described as "an unapologetic diatribe against liberalism, questioning its logic and posing questions about the outcome of its agenda for Americans".

The book's publisher, ReganBooks

ReganBooks

ReganBooks was an American bestselling imprint or division of HarperCollins book publishing house , headed by editor and publisher Judith Regan, started in 1994 and ended in late 2006. During its existence, Regan was called, by LA Weekly, "the world's most successful publisher". The division...

, a division of HarperCollins

HarperCollins

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, was owned by Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KSG is an Australian-American business magnate. He is the founder and Chairman and CEO of , the world's second-largest media conglomerate....

, owner of Fox News.

Reception and views

• Radio broadcaster Rush Limbaugh
  Rush Limbaugh
  Rush Hudson Limbaugh III is an American radio talk show host, conservative political commentator, and an opinion leader in American conservatism. He hosts The Rush Limbaugh Show which is aired throughout the U.S. on Premiere Radio Networks and is the highest-rated talk-radio program in the United...
  
   said that Hannity wrote with "a vigor and clarity that inspires," and that the book was a "page turner".
• Dr. James Dobson
  James Dobson
  James Clayton "Jim" Dobson, Jr. is an American evangelical Christian author, psychologist, and founder in 1977 of Focus on the Family , which he led until 2003. In the 1980s he was ranked as one of the most influential spokesman for conservative social positions in American public life...
  
   said Hannity was "to be commended, admired — and watched!"
• The Conservative Book Club said that Hannity "proves that liberal ideas have made America more vulnerable and created confusion in our society."
• Kathryn Jean Lopez
  Kathryn Jean Lopez
  Kathryn Jean Lopez, is an American conservative columnist who is nationally syndicated by the United Feature Syndicate.She is also the editor of National Review Online...
  
  , reviewing the book for the National Review Online, said, "Rather than just calling those who disagree with him 'the enemy,' which he could have done and still sold books, Hannity communicates a real respect for the other guy's opinion, even if he thinks it insanely wrong — and it's this decency that gets people coming back to him."
• Todd Seavey of People magazine
  People (magazine)
  In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
  
   said the book was "an amusing tour guide of an imaginary Museum of Modern Left-Wing Lunacy," and that Hannity's "outrage is entertaining."

External links

• Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism at Google Books