The Conservative Ascendancy: How the Republican Right Rose to Power in Modern America Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
"Critchlow helps frame the past [and] skillfully shows the connection among ideas, institutions, and the conservative ascendancy."  --Michael Kimmage, New York Times Book Review"A readable and fair-minded account of one of the most important themes in American politics over the last third of a century."  --Godfrey Hodgson, Journal of American History"A well-written narrative [that] must be considered the definitive general history of the conservative movement." --Journal of American Studies