Hart, Jeffrey Peter, 1930-

The making of the American conservative mind : National review and its times / American conservative mind Jeffrey Hart. - Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 2005. - xiii, 394 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. William F. Buckley, Jr.: present at the creation -- 2. James Burnham: power -- 3. Willmoore Kendall: perhaps, too, too -- 4. Russell Kirk vs. Frank Meyer -- 5. Arriving talent -- 6. 1956: NR's education begins -- 7. McCarthy: National Review's populist agon -- 8. National Review and the Black Revolution -- 9. National Review and religion -- 10. JFK: the nightingale's song -- 11. The Goldwater revolution -- 12. The John Birch Society: a menace -- 13. Farewell, Willmoore -- 14. Not all the way with LBJ -- 15. Nixon: the perfect campaign -- 16. Nixon: in the arena -- 17. Watergate: Nixon x-rayed -- 18. Meyer sets the bar high -- 19. Ford transition: populism growls at NR -- 20. Reagan to Ford to Carter: bouncing ball -- 21. What we all worked for -- 22. Reagan: the world transformed -- 23. Bush One: train wreck -- 24. Bill Clinton: was it better than it looked? -- 25. George W. Bush: transformative president -- 26. The American conservative mind: where we are now.

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National review--History.


Conservatism--History--United States--20th century.
Political culture--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Politics and government--20th century.

JC573.2.U6 / H38 2005

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