Hailed as "perhaps the best scholarly overview of the conservative
movement in print" ("American Conservative"), Donald Critchlow's
"The Conservative Ascendancy" has depicted, as no other book has,
the wild ride of the Republican Right. Newly updated and available
for the first time in paperback, it continues to offer the best
account of the conservative struggle to reverse the momentum of the
New Deal.
In tracing the conservative revival, Critchlow chronicles how
conservative beliefs were translated into political power. He shows
how conservatives, from think tank theorists to grassroots
mobilizers, gained control of the Republican party by defeating its
liberal eastern wing only to find that the welfare state was not so
easily dismantled. Looking back at the 1964 Goldwater debacle and
the scandal-plagued Nixon years, he then revisits the triumph of
the Reagan presidency and describes how George W. Bush injected
into American politics a level of partisanship not seen since the
nineteenth century.
Critchlow recounts the conflict between purity of principle and
political practice for conservatives, and the dilemma of
maintaining an anti-statist ideology in an era of mass democracy
and Cold War hostilities. Throughout he delineates the intellectual
foundations of the Right's positions-including the ongoing schism
that separates social conservatives from libertarians-while
plumbing America's increasing ideological divide.
This updated edition not only features a new preface and
conclusion but also boasts an entirely new chapter covering the
2008 presidential election, the 2008 financial meltdown, the first
two years of Obama's presidency, the emergence of the Tea Party,
the 2010 midterms, and ongoing economic problems. Here Critchlow
foresees a new epoch in which the old conservative-progressive
divide is unable to address the problems caused by national debt,
entitlement deficits, and a new global economy-a new reality sure
to transform both parties.
As conservatives continue to wave the banners of limited
government, individual responsibility, and free enterprise,
Critchlow's book provides a clear guide to the country's most
dynamic political movement and is essential reading for students
and citizens alike as the political center continues to tack to the
right.
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