The American Conservative magazine has printed an adaptation of Dalrymple's forthcoming book The New Vichy Syndrome in their March 1 issue. I had a chance to read a galley copy of the book a few weeks ago, and this essay is a fine distillation of its arguments (it copies the book at length). We will have much more to say about the book when it is released, but I will note a few things that struck me, apart from Dalrymple's argument itself: the economy of his rhetoric, the breadth and depth of his knowledge and, as always, his easy readability.

Read the essay here