Books in Brief: Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism, by Ann Coulter

Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism, by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum, 355 pp., $26.95)

IN her latest bestseller, Ann Coulter has yet again enraged her fellow chatterati. Her critics on the right are embarrassed at how Coulter has her way with the history of the Cold War; those on the left are galled by the sheer audacity of her defense of Joseph McCarthy (no one ever called him Uncle Joe). Many have compared the skinny provocateuse to the girthy Michael Moore. In fact, Coulter has no counterpart. Moore and Coulter may both be loudmouths, but while Moore is unrelievedly doctrinaire, Coulter is a free spirit. She can be accused of many things, but dogma is not one of them.

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Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism, by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum, 355 pp., $26.95)

IN her latest bestseller, Ann Coulter has yet again enraged her fellow chatterati. Her critics on the right are embarrassed at how Coulter has her way with the history of the Cold War; those on the left are galled by the sheer audacity of her defense of Joseph McCarthy (no one ever called him Uncle Joe). Many have compared the skinny provocateuse to the girthy Michael Moore. In fact, Coulter has no counterpart. Moore and Coulter may both be loudmouths, but while Moore is unrelievedly doctrinaire, Coulter is a free spirit. She can be accused of many things, but dogma is not one of them.