When I was a Kid This Was a Free Country

By G. Gordon Liddy

A Review

Defensive Concepts

The G Man is back! G. Gordon Liddy has published his second non-fiction book and it is

a keeper. This offering is a worthy follow up to his autobiography, Will. It compliments

Will in that the autobiography shows what shaped the man. When I Was A Kid gives

insight to exactly what he thinks. More importantly, Liddy explains exactly why he thinks

and believes as he does.

    The book covers a wide variety of topics. Beginning with him meeting a veteran of

D-Day, Liddy gives his views on Liberties Lost (a truly timely chapter), Americans and

Their Guns, Education, The Environment, The Military, Of Men and Women and Survive

or Prevail (one of my favorites). An appendix to the book gives what Liddy, after a lot of

post incarceration research, believes to be the truth behind the Watergate burglaries which

first brought him to fame (or infamy depending on your point of view).

     Liddy's writing is marvelous. Where he could just give dry facts and rhetoric he

expounds on the subject at hand as a master story teller. Have a dictionary handy, though.

His vocabulary is extensive and he's not afraid to use it. Common sense reigns in this

book. Whether he talks about the nonsense of political correctness, debunks global

warming, explains the meaning of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (for

those that have a problem understanding the English language) or illustrates the

difference between surviving and prevailing, Liddy is someone who's opinion is worth

considering.

    I did have two complaints about the book. First is that Liddy's writing style makes for

a very easy read. I went through it in one day. This left me feeling like a child in a candy

store who's father let him have a chocolate bar. I wanted MORE! The second complaint

is that he did not write a similar book earlier in his life. The chapter on men and women

alone would have saved me a lot of grief and considerable attorney's fees.

    Save a place on your bookshelf for this one. Liddy is fond of saying that he wants to

cut through the nitwittery that is so prevalent in our society. He succeeds in doing so with

this offering.

   

   

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