02747nam 2200589 a 450 991078210900332120230721032936.00-19-988735-71-281-72399-197866117239960-19-971481-9(CKB)1000000000541066(EBL)415702(OCoLC)476244313(SSID)ssj0000233874(PQKBManifestationID)11193498(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233874(PQKBWorkID)10235218(PQKB)11297447(Au-PeEL)EBL415702(CaPaEBR)ebr10246246(CaONFJC)MIL172399(MiAaPQ)EBC415702(EXLCZ)99100000000054106620070911d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReclaiming conservatism[electronic resource] how a great American political movement got lost--and how it can find its way back /Mickey EdwardsNew York, N.Y. Oxford University Press20081 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-533558-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index.Contents; I: The Conservative Soul; II: And the Walls Came Tumbling Down; III: Conservative Values; IV: Steps toward Reclaiming Conservatism; A Final Word; Acknowledgments; Notes; Suggested Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZA leading figure in the American conservative movement for over 40 years, Mickey Edwards was a prominent Republican congressman, a former national chairman of the American Conservative Union, and a founding trustee of the Heritage Foundation. When he speaks, conservatives listen. Now, in this highly provocative and frank volume, Edwards argues loud and clear that conservatives today have abandoned their principles and have become champions of that which they once most feared. The conservative movement--which once nominated Barry Goldwater for President, and later elected Ronald Reagan--was basConservatismUnited StatesExecutive-legislative relationsUnited StatesHistory21st centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government2001-2009ConservatismExecutive-legislative relationsHistory320.520973Edwards Mickey1937-1477430MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782109003321Reclaiming conservatism3692605UNINA