Overview
Why the Right Went Wrong offers an āup to the momentā (The Christian Science Monitor) historical view of the right since the 1960s. Its core contention is that American conservatism and the Republican Party took a wrong turn when they adopted Barry Goldwaterās worldview during and after the 1964 campaign. The radicalism of todayās conservatism is not the product of the Tea Party, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne writes. The Tea Partiers are the true heirs to Goldwater ideology. The purity movement did more than drive moderates out of the Republican Partyāit beat back alternative definitions of conservatism.
Since 1968, no conservative administrationānot Nixon not Reagan not two Bushesācould live up to the rhetoric rooted in the Goldwater movement that began to reshape American politics fifty years ago. The collapse of the Nixon presidency led to the rise of Ronald Reagan, the defeat of George H.W. Bush, to Newt Gingrichās revolution. Bush initially undertook a partial modernization, preaching ācompassionate conservatismā and a āFourth Wayā to Clintonās āThird Way.ā Conservatives quickly defined him as an advocate of ābig governmentā and not conservative enough on spending, immigration, education, and Medicare. A return to the true faith was the only prescription on order. The result was the Tea Party, which Dionne says, was as much a reaction to Bush as to Obama.
The state of the Republican party, controlled by the strictest base, is diminished, Dionne writes. It has become white and older in a country that is no longer that. It needs to come back to life for its own health and that of the countryās, and in Why the Right Went Wrong, Dionne āexpertly delineates where we are and how we got thereā (Chicago Tribune)āand how to return.
This book title, Why the Right Went Wrong (Conservatism--From Goldwater to Trump and Beyond), ISBN: 9781476763804, by E.J. Dionne, published by Simon & Schuster (September 6, 2016) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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