Professor Alan Snyder reviews 'Going Rogue'

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Alan Snyder is a Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Historical, Legal, and Leadership Studies at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. As the author of three books, Dr. Snyder is well qualified to review Sarah Palin's Going Rogue. This he has done in a three-part book review, each section of which is a post on his blog, Pondering Principles. Here is an excerpt from each part of his review:

Part I - The Palin Character:

"This is a deeply personal account. She chose to make this autobiography as true to her personality as possible. I detect no whiff of pseudo-sophistication. So I am pleased by the genuineness of the writing style. She acknowledges receiving professional help getting it into its final form, but she says she did most of the writing. I believe her simply because the style reflects the person she seems to be in public. It would be improbable for a ghost writer to copy her way of speaking and thinking so completely."

Part II - Politics of Personal Destruction:

"Some reports on Palin’s book made it seem as if she spent the majority of the time complaining about the treatment she received from the press, the Democrats, and operatives within the McCain campaign. In fact, all she did was chronicle what actually took place during the campaign and afterwards. She points to actions that she considers unfair, foolish, and indefensible, yet she doesn’t turn it into a diatribe against her opponents. She is analytical about it, not resentful."

Part III - The Palin Political Philosophy:

"With her stalwart prolife views and Christian moral precepts, her principled position on the free market, her pro-military, pro-strong-America stance, and her ability to communicate these concepts, generating enthusiasm among the grassroots conservative movement, Sarah Palin is probably the first politician since Ronald Reagan who has the potential to unite all factions of conservatism."

That last point is one that we're made repeatedly here on Texas for Sarah Palin because its importance cannot be overstated. Prof. Snyder has written one of the best reviews we've yet read of Going Rogue. Highly recommended reading.

- JP