making of the American conservative mind
Subtitle: National Review and its times
By: Jeffrey Hart.
Publisher: ISI Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Wilmington, Del
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9781933859132
Subjects: National review -- History; Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Other titles: American conservative mind.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. William F. Buckley, Jr.: present at the creation; title: 2. James Burnham: power; title: 3. Willmoore Kendall: perhaps, too, too; title: 4. Russell Kirk vs. Frank Meyer; title: 5. Arriving talent; title: 6. 1956: NR's education begins; title: 7. McCarthy: National Review's populist agon; title: 8. National Review and the Black Revolution; title: 9. National Review and religion; title: 10. JFK: the nightingale's song; title: 11. The Goldwater revolution; title: 12. The John Birch Society: a menace; title: 13. Farewell, Willmoore; title: 14. Not all the way with LBJ; title: 15. Nixon: the perfect campaign; title: 16. Nixon: in the arena; title: 17. Watergate: Nixon x-rayed; title: 18. Meyer sets the bar high; title: 19. Ford transition: populism growls at NR; title: 20. Reagan to Ford to Carter: bouncing ball; title: 21. What we all worked for; title: 22. Reagan: the world transformed; title: 23. Bush One: train wreck; title: 24. Bill Clinton: was it better than it looked?; title: 25. George W. Bush: transformative president; title: 26. The American conservative mind: where we are now.