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Alfred Regnery had a privileged perspective from which to view firsthand the rise of American conservatism, as he writes in his history of the movement, UPSTREAM. He is the son of the founder of the conservative publishing house that first published Bill Buckley's GOD AND MAN AT YALE, and which became the very successful Regnery Publishing. Al, the son, delightfully recounts the sometimes heady environment of intellectualism and political action that brought conservatism from a "right-wing faction" to the center of American political life, signaled most triumphantly by Ronald Reagan's election in 1980. Using anecdotal accounts of things he witnessed and people he knew, along with well as well-researched coverage of the major battles won and lost, Regnery's comprehensive history is a very readable, gleefully partisan point of view., An account tracing the course of the American conservative movement through the twentieth century, noting the contributions of key intellectuals, businessmen, and writers.
| Size | | Length: | 448 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 21.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
"[A] history [that] ought to be on the reading list of every student of American history....[Regnery] is...uniquely well-placed to tell the story of the movement that he saw from inside almost from its beginning"
(03/25/2008)
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