What is liberal, conservative, left, right, socialism, capitalism, and all the other words writers use to explain and describe the world in our time. Students, as well as adults, deserve to know. Left-Right Confusion explains how these important words are used by historians and recognized writers the world over. It also explains how writers have often misused these words to mislead and confuse readers and to defend their own personal biases. Other important words students and readers should know and use are included in this book as well. Words such as objective, subjective, connotation, denotation, logic, deductive and inductive thinking, and truth are some other very important words explained in this book. There are also definitions of many of the isms used by writers: such as Marxism, fascism, despotism, elitism, Nazism, feudalism, etc. Explained too are many of the words used to identify various types of governments that exist now or have existed in the past: such as aristocracy, autocracy, monarchy, oligarchy, theocracy and of course democracy. Brief but helpful answers are given to some very important questions: such as What is a republic?, is the U.S. a republic or a democracy?, what is dissent?, what is truth? Students and adults deserve to know what is in this book.