The Conservative Revolution: The Movement That Remade America.

Abstract

How did conservatism, so irrelevant in 1946 that no major politician would dare call himself a conservative, come to dominate American politics by the 1990s? That is the question at the heart of this splendid narrative history by a Senior Fellow at the influential Heritage Foundation.In analyzing the events, ideas, and personalities that have shaped our age, Lee Edwards shows that the modern conservative era grew out of the words and deeds of many heroes, particularly the men he calls the Four Misters -- Robert Taft (Mister Republican), Barry Goldwater (Mister Conservative), Ronald Reagan (Mister President), and Newt Gingrich (Mister Speaker). Edwards examines the careers of these four larger-than-life leaders who put their stamp on conservative politics and transformed the conservative movement into a political majority. In the tradition of Paul Johnson's A History of the American People, The Conservative Revolution is certain to become the definitive work on a political force that has shaped our nation in this century and will continue to be a major influence in the century just ahead.