Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xliv, 418 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-395) and index. |
Summary |
This collection of essays, written by the leaders of the conservative movement themselves, explains how the movement developed as a powerful force in American politics; how it functions now with a wide range of viewpoints; and where it is going in the future. |
Contents |
Foreword / Edwin J. Feulner, Jr. -- Preface / John Rosa -- Introduction / Mallory Factor -- Pillars of conservatism / Alfred S. Regnery -- Edmund Burke and the origins of modern conservatism / David A. Norcross -- The American Revolution and what it means / Newt Gingrich -- Fragility of ordered liberty: Tocqueville and conservative conceptions of liberty, equality, and community / Michael Barone -- New Deal progressivism, the Jeffersonian revival, and the agrarian tradition / Burton W. Folsom Jr. -- The emergence of Libertarianism / Yaron Brook -- William F. Buckley Jr., fusionism, and the three-legged stool of conservatism / David A. Keene -- Cultural conservatism and the religious right / Phyllis Schlafly -- Reagan revolution / Edwin Meese -- Cold War, anti-communism, and neoconservatism / Douglas J. Feith -- Everything you wanted to know about economic policy / Daniel J. Mitchell -- Bush doctrine, compassionate conservatism, and the war on terror / Donald Henry Rumsfeld -- How social conservatism can win / Ralph E. Reed Jr.-- Why national security drives our future / R. James Woolsey -- Toward a more Libertarian conservatism / Rand Paul -- Afterword / Haley Barbour. |
Subject |
Conservatism -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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Added Author |
Factor, Mallory., editor.
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Factor, Elizabeth., editor.
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Feulner, Edwin J., Jr.
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Rosa, John.
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Regnery, Alfred S., 1942-
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Norcross, David A.
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Gingrich, Newt.
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Barone, Michael.
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Folsom, Burton W., Jr.
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Brook, Yaron.
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Keene, David A.
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Schlafly, Phyllis.
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Meese, Edwin.
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Feith, Douglas J.
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Mitchell, Daniel J.
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Rumsfeld, Donald Henry.
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Reed, Ralph E., Jr.
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Woolsey, R. James, 1941-
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Paul, Rand.
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Barbour, Haley, 1947-
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Note |
Story of the Conservative Revolution : as told by the thinkers and doers who made it happen |
ISBN |
9780062290694 |
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006229069X |
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