While the clash between what has been called the "modern" and "undeveloped" worlds has led to America's military involvement in the Middle East and other places, few people realize the tension between the modern and the traditional within the United States. David A. Horowitz analyses the tension between the so-called "new class" of knowledge professionals and their critics, who accused them of being out of touch with the common sense of everyday people, strangers to the "American way", even communists.
