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The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
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A magisterial intellectual history of the last century of American conservatism When most people think of the history of modern conservatism, they think of Ronald Reagan. Yet this narrow view leaves many to How did Donald Trump win the presidency? And what is the future of the Republican Party? In The Right , Matthew Continetti gives a sweeping account of movement conservatism's evolution, from the Progressive Era through the present. He tells the story of how conservatism began as networks of intellectuals, developing and institutionalizing a vision that grew over time, until they began to buckle under new pressures, resembling national populist movements. Drawing out the tensions between the desire for mainstream acceptance and the pull of extremism, Continetti argues that the more one studies conservatism's past, the more one becomes convinced of its future. Deeply researched and brilliantly told, The Right is essential reading for anyone looking to understand American conservatism.
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"authoritative and entertaining."
"Rational, well thought out, and impeccably argued—of interest to all students of politics."
"Continetti seems less interested in the numbers of politics than in its ideas, and the tension between them is the driving force of The Right ..."
"Continetti captures beautifully the ad hoc, rearguard nature of American conservatism."
"Though Continetti overstates Trump's successes and dubiously claims that 1960s leftists 'celebrated' the violence of the decade as 'just, necessary, and beneficial,' this is a worthy analysis of how free market policies and nativist populism make for a potent political mix."
"It was just politics, the result of both long-term structural trends and choices shot through with contingency."
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