In this history of the -other Sixties, - Gregory L. Schneider traces the influence of Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative political group that locked horns with the New Left and spawned many of the major players in the contemporary conservative movement, from the Goldwater campaign in 1964 to Reagan's revolution in the 1980s.

Cadres for Conservatism reveals how young political conservatives, unlike their leftist counterparts, avoided fracture in the wake of the Sixties. Rather, YAF continued to serve as a seedbed for future conservative leaders, many of whom drew on...

While there have long been libertarians, agrarians, individualists, collectivists, nationalists, and others who fit the contemporary label of -conservative, - no cohesive conservative movement existed prior to World War II. How, then, did conservatism develop into such a powerful American political force?

Tracing the history of conservatism from the concerns and ideas of the Old Right, through the Cold War, the -Gingrich revolution, - and into the present, Conservatism in America Since 1930 gathers a wide range of conservative writings and documents showcasing the development...

While there have long been libertarians, agrarians, individualists, collectivists, nationalists, and others who fit the contemporary label of -conservative, - no cohesive conservative movement existed prior to World War II. How, then, did conservatism develop into such a powerful American political force?

Tracing the history of conservatism from the concerns and ideas of the Old Right, through the Cold War, the -Gingrich revolution, - and into the present, Conservatism in America Since 1930 gathers a wide range of conservative writings and documents showcasing the development...