"In this masterful work of historical scholarship, Zeev Sternhell, an internationally renowned Israeli political scientist and historian, presents a controversial new view of the fall of democracy and the rise of radical nationalism in the twentieth century. Sternhell locates th…
"How could the Right transform itself from a politics of the nobility to a fatally attractive option for people from all parts of society? How could the Nazis gain a good third of the votes in free elections and remain popular far into their rule? A number of studies from the 19…
"Late in life, William F. Buckley made a confession to Corey Robin. Capitalism is 'boring, ' said the founding father of the American right. 'Devoting your life to it, ' as conservatives do, 'is horrifying if only because it's so repetitious. It's like sex.' With this unlikely c…
Presents a portrait of the United States during the turbulent political and economic upheavals of the 1970s, covering the transition from Richard Nixon's downfall to the rise of Ronald Reagan during the 1976 presidential campaign.
"This history of conservatism by Peter Viereck aims to meet the need for a concise, balanced picture of conservative thought in all its different shadings and cultural contexts." "The analytical portion of the book provides a succinct but thorough critical overview of conservati…
