That's not the tone and meaning of the article either, you're reacting to individual words. Simply trying to describe his mental state, possible motivations, et

That's not the tone and meaning of the article either, you're reacting to individual words. Simply trying to describe his mental state, possible motivations, etc does not somehow imply apologia. I'm not sure how discussing the book (I did just finish it and recommend it, you're right!) is going to help much, though, if just a basic description of some of its points seem so imbued with value judgement to you - it just isn't there, really.