Reviews

A well-written narrative [that] must be considered the definitive general history of the conservative movement." —Journal of American Studies

"Critchlow helps frame the past [and] skillfully shows the connection among ideas, institutions, and the conservative ascendancy." —Michael Kimmage, New York Times Book Review

"Critchlow has contributed an essential volume to the growing scholarship on conservatism in American politics. . . . Judicious, discerning, and richly informative." —George H. Nash, author of The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945

"A readable and fair-minded account of one of the most important themes in American politics over the last third of a century." —Godfrey Hodgson, Journal of American History