In My Brother's Keeper: A Memoir and a Message, one of America's most admired public figures tells the story of his life. Born in Germany in 1929, Amitai Etzioni escaped the Nazi regime and as a teenager dropped out of high school to fight as a commando in the Israeli War of Ind…
Etzioni (currently at George Washington U.) is the founder of communitarianism, a political philosophy adopted, rhetorically at least, by both Bill Clinton and Tony Blair. In this memoir, he describes his youth in Palestine, his days studying with philosopher Martin Buber, and h…