...This chapter first discusses the sense of exclusion that has haunted the conservative movement. It then considers the views of Barry Goldwater, who believed that conservatism had to establish its idealism and integrity, its absolute independence from the beck and call of wealth, from privilege...

...This chapter considers Kirk’s ideas on natural law, natural rights, justice, and Western and American civilization and looks at his friendship with Arizona senator and 1964 Republican president candidate Barry Goldwater. It describes how Kirk became the leading theorist behind the Goldwater...

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... politics whose losses transformed themselves into successes over time. At the three crucial junctures in American political development—the Founding, Reconstruction, and the New Deal—the losers of those contests, the Anti-Federalists, Andrew Johnson, and Barry Goldwater respectively, were able to transform...

...Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign ended in one of the most resounding electoral defeats in the country's history. His loss was seen as confirmation of New Deal liberal hegemony. Yet the very ideas rejected with Goldwater's defeat, namely small government, states' rights, and an increased...

...This chapter studies the parallel rise of Barry Goldwater and Lyndon Johnson. In doing so, it reveals that the emergent and development-hungry Sunbelt of the Southwest and South stood outside the liberal consensus framed by the northeastern establishment. Indeed, the chapter signifies...

...While rarely focusing on foreign affairs, studies of the 1964 election generally acknowledge that Lyndon Johnson’s decision to position himself as the moderate to Barry Goldwater’s extremist was a successful campaign tactic. There is little consensus, however, regarding the degree to which...

..., and the rise of the conservative grassroots organizations such as the Young Americans for Freedom and the John Birch Society. With the ascension of conservative Arizona senator Barry Goldwater to the front ranks of the Republican Party, liberal satirists now concentrated their focus on one large...

... Barry Goldwater still demanded reassurances for Taiwan. The 1980s were the first time the right was divided against itself on China, illustrating the divide between the original New Right and Reagan’s brand of conservatism. After summarizing the historical stakes of preceding chapters, the conclusion...

... wing that had failed to elect Barry Goldwater sixteen years earlier. The “Reagan Revolution” restored an ideological commitment to “law and order,” which Lennon had challenged, and a passionate hostility to “the sixties,” which Lennon embodied. The fight for the Lennon files would be a battle...

...Chapter Six covers the Republican National Convention in Miami, concentrating on the behind-the-scenes campaign of Ronald Reagan. The new governor of California communicated the principles of the New Right in a more genial, telegenic way than the disastrous 1964 nominee, Barry Goldwater...

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...National Review’s Literary Network. Stephen Schryer, Oxford University Press. © Stephen Schryer (2024). DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198886204.003.0004 Chapter 3 asks why Hugh Kenner, Joan Didion, and Garry Wills supported Barry Goldwater in 1964 but rejected Ronald Reagan in 1966. All...

...This chapter talks about Barry Goldwater, who regarded William E. Miller's church membership as an asset rather than a liability when he chose him as his running mate in the 1964 presidential election. It describes Miller as the grandson of German American immigrants and reared in the Roman...

...Crime first became a major national issue in the 1964 presidential contest between incumbent Democrat Lyndon Johnson and Republican challenger Barry Goldwater. The rising crime rates prompted Goldwater to speak frequently about the problem. Johnson won the election handily, but he recognized...

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