A time for choosing [[electronic resource] ] : extremism and the rise of modern American conservatism, 1957-1972 / / Jonathan M. Schoenwald
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Schoenwald Jonathan M. <1964->
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A time for choosing [[electronic resource] ] : extremism and the rise of modern American conservatism, 1957-1972 / / Jonathan M. Schoenwald
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (viii, 338 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 324.2734 |
| Soggetto topico: | Conservatism - United States |
| Radicalism - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 20th century |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Birth of Postwar Conservatism -- [Intro] -- Russell Kirk and Postwar Conservatism -- Conservative Challenge to Containment -- Two Popularizers: Albert Wedemeyer and Raymond Moley -- Toward a Definition of Conservatism -- Chapter 2: The Cold War Hits Home -- [Intro] -- "Red Monday" at the Supreme Court -- Khrushchev in America -- Hoover's Masters of Deceit -- A New Battleground: Cold War Art -- "Operation Abolition": Attack and Counterattack -- Chapter 3: A New Kind of Conservatism The John Birch Society -- [Intro] -- Beginnings: Robert H. W. Welch, Jr. -- Filling a Need: The John Birch Society -- Selling an Ideology -- Birchers -- The Leviathan Investigates -- Advancing the Movement -- Chapter 4: The Case of General Edwin A. Walker -- [Intro] -- Cold War Military -- Cold Warrior -- Raising the Big Tent -- Conservative Symbol -- False Unity? -- Chapter 5: Creating Conflagration Barry Goldwater and the Republican Party -- [Intro] -- Conservative Conscience -- Conservative Political Culture -- Problems of Extremism -- 1964 Convention -- Backlash against Civil Rights -- Final Stretch -- Losing the Election, Winning the Party, Discovering Limits -- Chapter 6: Buckley for Mayor -- [Intro] -- GOP and Conservatism after Goldwater -- Golden Boy of Conservatism -- New York Conservative Campaign -- Unwelcome Support -- Issues and Answers -- Under a Microscope -- New Life for Conservatism -- Chapter 7: A New Kind of Conservative Ronald Reagan -- [Intro] -- Making of a Conservative -- Party and Movement in California -- Producing Reagan -- Weapon of Extremism -- Party and Movement Merge -- Chapter 8: Passing the Torch Organizations and Issues, 1968-1972 -- [Intro] -- Forebear: Americans for Constitutional Action -- Upstart: Free Society Association -- Adjunct: American Conservative Union -- Leading Edge: Young Americans for Freedom -- Conclusion -- [Intro] -- Conservatism Triumphant |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This work examines the dissatisfaction felt by American conservatives with a liberal Republican party during the period 1952-1972. It focuses on the divisions between the mainstream conservatives who advocated reform and the extremists who looked to private organizations. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A time for choosing |
| ISBN: | 0-19-534806-0 |
| 0-19-518551-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996248322903316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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