The Clash

Published first in Foreign Affairs in '93, his thesis was rebutted by Mr. Ajamai, who now has had second thoughts.

Fouad Ajami: Samuel Huntington's Warning - WSJ.com:

"The last of Samuel Huntington's books -- 'Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity,' published four years ago -- may have been his most passionate work. It was like that with the celebrated Harvard political scientist, who died last week at 81. He was a man of diffidence and reserve, yet he was always caught up in the political storms of recent decades."

Original revision here: ( with links to original review and original article )

The Clash - Essay by Fouad Ajami - New York Times:

"It would have been unlike Samuel P. Huntington to say “I told you so” after 9/11. He is too austere and serious a man, with a legendary career as arguably the most influential and original political scientist of the last half century — always swimming against the current of prevailing opinion."