CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE

John W. Dean III

ISBN 10: 0670037745 / ISBN 13: 9780670037742

Published by Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2006

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Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. Dean's previous NY Times bestseller,WORSE THAN WATERGATE : The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush, offered the former White House insider's telling perspective on George W. Bush's presidency. Once again, he employs his knowledge & understanding of Washington politics & process to examine the conservative movement's current inner circle of radical Republican leaders--from Capitol Hill to Pennsylvania Ave to K Street & beyond. InCONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE, he not only highlights specific right-wing-driven GOP policies but also probes the conservative mindset, identifying recurring qualities such as the unbridled viciousness toward those daring to disagree with them, as well as the big business favoritism that costs taxpayers billions. He identifies specific examples of how court-packing seeks to form a judiciary that is biased by its very nature, how religious piety is producing politics run amok & how concealed indifference to the founding principles of liberty & equality is pushing America further & further from its constitutional foundations. By the end, he paints a vivid picture of what's happening at the top levels of the Republican Party, a party corrupted by leaders who cloak their actions in moral superiority while packaging their programs in blatant propaganda. He finds disturbing signs that current right-wing authoritarian thinking, when conflated with the domineering personalities of the conservative leadership, could take the USA toward its own version of fascism. John W. Dean is the former Nixon White House counsel, whose testimony before Congress against the President in the Watergate scandal lead directly to Nixon's resignation. He is also the author of BLIND AMBITION: The White House Years, LOST HONOR, THE REHNQUIST CHOICE, and WORSE THAN WATERGATE: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush. Fine,first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NFBS2/NF43. Seller Inventory # 11376

Bibliographic Details

Title: CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE

Publisher: Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

The author of the best-selling Worse Than Watergate denounces practices among political conservatives, charging the current administration with using religious morality and propaganda-like tactics to promote big business interests and silence alternate perspectives at the expense of the nation's constitutional foundations. 250,000 first printing.

Review:

In Conservatives Without Conscience, John Dean, who served as White House counsel under Richard Nixon and then helped to break the Watergate scandal with his testimony before the Senate, takes a vivid and analytical look at a Republican Party that has changed drastically from the conservative movement that he joined in the mid-1960s as an admirer of Senator Barry Goldwater. Listen to our interview with Dean as part of our July 13 Amazon Wire podcast (along with interviews with Garrison Keillor and Henry Rollins) to hear how he originally conceived of the book with the late Senator Goldwater, and the social science research he drew on to put together his portrait of the "conservative authoritarian." (You can subscribe to regular Wire podcasts here.) And take a look at Dean's choices for the best books to read on the American presidency in our Grownup School feature.