"Willmoore Kendall was a man against the world, a "maverick," an "iconoclast," a man "who never lost an argument or kept a friend." He co-founded National Review, helped turn the word liberal into an insult, and became the chief theorist of conservative populism. Understanding K…
"Willmoore Kendall was a man against the world, a "maverick," an "iconoclast," a man "who never lost an argument or kept a friend." He co-founded National Review, helped turn the word liberal into an insult, and became the chief theorist of conservative populism. Understanding K…
"Willmoore Kendall was a man against the world, a 'maverick,' an 'iconoclast,' a man 'who never lost an argument or kept a friend.' He co-founded National Review, helped turn the word liberal into an insult, and became the chief theorist of conservative populism. Understanding K…
"A candid new political memoir from Senator John McCain...his most personal book in years...covering everything from 2008 up to the present."...Provided by publisher.
I don't know how much longer I'll be here. Maybe I'll have another five years. Maybe, with the advances in oncology, they'll find new treatments for my cancer that will extend my life. Maybe I'll be gone before you read this. My predicament is, well, rather unpredictable. But I'…
'I don't know how much longer I'll be here. Maybe I'll have another five years. Maybe, with the advances in oncology, they'll find new treatments for my cancer that will extend my life. Maybe I'll be gone before you read this. My predicament is, well, rather unpredictable. But I…
A memoir by the Republican Senate Majority Leader traces his childhood battle with polio and discusses the philosophies that have shaped his career and his views on the strained relationship between Congress and the Obama administration.
"A candid memoir by the Republican Senate Majority Leader traces his childhood battle with polio and the philosophies that have shaped his career, sharing his views on such topics as the strained relationship between Congress and the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton's moder…
"A candid memoir by the Republican Senate Majority Leader traces his childhood battle with polio and the philosophies that have shaped his career, sharing his views on such topics as the strained relationship between Congress and the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton's moder…
"Ben Wattenberg traces the emergence of the neo-conservative movement from the ashes of pre-radical liberalism of the early 1960s and Cold War thinkers such as Irving Kristol and Norman Podhoretz, to ideological giants Scoop Jackson and Pat Moynihan, to doctrine authors Jeane Ki…
"Russell Kirk (1918-1994) is renowned worldwide as one of the founders of postwar American conservatism. His 1953 masterpiece, The Conservative Mind, became the intellectual touchstone for a reinvigorated movement and began a sea change in the nation's attitudes toward tradition…
"Betty Friedan once snapped at Phyllis Schlafly, "I'd like to burn you at the stake." And this biography of the doyenne of U.S. conservatism during the heated early 1970s makes it clear why: it's not just Schlafly's far-right stands on feminism and reproductive rights, but her f…
Based on access to Schlafly's papers and sixty other archival collections, offers a look at the private life and public convictions of the arch-conservative and determined opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment, gay rights, and reproductive freedom.