Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism

by Carl T. Bogus

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596915803
• ISBN13: 9781596915800
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.4"