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William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism
Bloomsbury Press
November 2011
On Sale: October 25, 2011
416 pages
ISBN: 1596915803
EAN: 9781596915800
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
William F. Buckley Jr., was the foremost architect of the
conservative movement that swept the American political
landscape from the 1960s to the early 2000s. When Buckley
launched National Review in 1955, conservatism was a
beleaguered, fringe segment of the Republican Party. Three
decades later Ronald Reagan-who credited National Review
with shaping his beliefs-was in the White House. Buckley and
his allies devised a new-model conservatism that replaced
traditional ideals with a passionate belief in the free
market, religious faith, and an aggressive stance on foreign
policy. Buckley was an eloquent writer and brilliant polemicist
whose works are still required texts for conservatives. His
TV show Firing Line and his campaign for mayor of New York
City made him a celebrity; his wit and zest for combat made
conservatism fun. But Buckley was far more than a
controversialist.
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