{"product_id":"the-death-of-conservatism-a-movement-and-its-consequences-9780812981032","title":"The Death of Conservatism: A Movement and Its Consequences","description":"Sam Tanenhaus's essay \"\u003ci\u003eConservatism Is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\" prompted intense discussion and debate when it was published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic \u003c\/i\u003ein the first days of Barack Obama's presidency. Now Tanenhaus, a leading authority on modern politics, has expanded his argument into a sweeping history of the American conservative movement. For seventy-five years, he argues, the Right has been split between two factions: consensus-driven \"realists\" who believe in the virtue of government and its power to adjust to changing conditions, and movement \"revanchists\" who distrust government and society-and often find themselves at war with America itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eventually, Tanenhaus writes, the revanchists prevailed, and the result is the decadent \"movement conservatism\" of today, a defunct ideology that is \"profoundly and defiantly unconservative-in its arguments and ideas, its tactics and strategies, above all in its vision.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut there is hope for conservatism. It resides in the examples of pragmatic leaders like Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan and thinkers like Whittaker Chambers and William F. Buckley, Jr. Each came to understand that the true role of conservatism is not to advance a narrow ideological agenda but to engage in a serious dialogue with liberalism and join with it in upholding \"the politics of stability.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConservatives today need to rediscover the roots of this honorable tradition. It is their only route back to the center of American politics. \u003cbr\u003eAt once succinct and detailed, penetrating and nuanced, \u003cb\u003eThe Death of Conservatism\u003c\/b\u003e is a must-read for Americans of any political persuasion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Tanenhaus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.22w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812981032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/28\/2010 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam Tanenhaus is the editor of both \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eand the Week in Review section of the \u003ci\u003eTimes. \u003c\/i\u003eFrom 1999 to 2004 he was a contributing editor at\u003ci\u003e Vanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, where he wrote often on politics. His work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications. Tanenhaus's previous book, \u003ci\u003eWhittaker Chambers: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e, won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Prize \u003c\/i\u003eand was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sam Tanenhaus \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47699058098333,"sku":"9780812981032","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_4e0765c0-1e62-4ae3-87d1-573d31aa359c.jpg?v=1772697154","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-death-of-conservatism-a-movement-and-its-consequences-9780812981032","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}