Big Tent: The Story of the Conservative Revolution--As Told by the Thinkers and Doers Who Made It Happen - Hardcover

Factor, Mallory; Factor, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006229069X ISBN 13: 9780062290694

Publisher: Broadside Books, 2014

Synopsis

Drawing from his comprehensive, star-studded course at the Citadel, Mallory Factor, the New York Times bestselling author of Shadowbosses, brings together a fascinating and diverse range of essays from leading figures and activists which explore and illuminate the conservative intellectual tradition in American politics.

Ambitious in its breadth and depth, The Big Tent is a panoramic portrait of the intellectual history of the conservative movement. Some of the leading lights of the right offer an unparalleled introduction to conservative figures and ideas, from the Revolution to William F. Buckley; Barry Goldwater to the Reagan Revolution; Libertarianism to the War on Terror.

Insightful and stimulating, The Big Tent is an outstanding survey of the movement over three centuries.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Bestselling author, professor, and pundit Mallory Factor illuminates the conservative tradition in American politics with essays from leading figures in the conservative movement.

Ambitious in its breadth and depth, Big Tent provides a fresh and surprising treatment of the conservative movement as told by the leaders themselves. In this unique collection, which is based on his star-studded course at The Citadel, conservative leaders explain how the movement developed as a powerful force in American politics, how it functions now with a wide range of viewpoints, and where it is going in the future. The origin of conservative ideas—from their ancient roots to their English origins, from the American Revolution to William F. Buckley, Alexis de Tocqueville to Barry Goldwater, and libertarianism to neo-conservatism—are revealed and examined in this compelling volume.

These illuminating essays include

• Newt Gingrich on the political ideas surrounding the American Revolution
• Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institute on the emergence of libertarianism
• Ed Meese on the Reagan Revolution
• David Keene of the NRA on Buckley-style "fusionism"
• Phyllis Schlafly on the rise of the religious right
• Donald Rumsfeld on the Bush administration's "War on Terror"
• Rand Paul on the future of the conservative movement.

Insightful and stimulating, Big Tent is an outstanding survey of the conservative movement from its most significant living figures.

About the Author:

Mallory Factor is the John C. West Professor of International Politics and American Government at The Citadel, and is a Fox News contributor. Mallory is the host and cofounder of the New York Meeting, a nation- ally recognized gathering of elected officials, journalists, business leaders, and conservative authors in New York City, and the Charleston Meeting in South Carolina. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Shadowbosses: Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind.

Elizabeth Factor is a lawyer and coauthor of Shadowbosses. She graduated from Columbia University and Yale Law School.

About this edition

• Publisher: Broadside Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 006229069X
• ISBN 13: 9780062290694
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464