Revolt from the Heartland: The Struggle for an Authentic Conservatism (Hardcover)

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"The Old Right and its grass-roots supporters continue to be a force in modern American politics in spite of a lack of institutional support and media recognition. Revolt from the Heartland is an important study of a persistent current in American cultural and political life." - The Roslyn News; "[Revolt from the Heartland] is an essential and valuable contribution to American intellectual history in the last decade of the last century." - Samuel Francis, The American Conservative; "Joseph Scotchie sketches a concise intellectual portrait of the conservative tradition that since the late 1960s has been gradually pushed aside by a school of thought known as neoconservatism.... [He] has performed quite a valuable service in this precis of American conservative thought." - Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Southern Partisan" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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The dominant forces of American conservatism remain wedded, at all costs, to the Republican Party, but another movement, one with its roots in the pre-World War II era, has stepped forth to fill an intellectual vacuum on the right. This Old Right first rose in opposition to the New Deal, fighting both statism at home and the emergence of an American empire abroad. More recently this movement, sometimes called paleoconservatism, has provided the ideological backbone of modern populism and the opposition to globalization, with decisive effects on presidential politics. In Revolt from the Heartland, now in paperback, Joseph Scotchie provides an intellectual history of the Old Right, treating its main figures and defining its conflict with the traditional left-right political mainstream.

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• Hardcover: 135 pages
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers (August 9, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0765801280
• ISBN-13: 978-0765801289
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,063,539 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding True "Authentic" American Conservatism, November 14, 2002

By	Eric Martin (Bethesda,, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Joseph Scotchie has written an eloquent first-rate book that
very succinctly covers America's approximately 225 years of Conservative Political Thought. The author makes very clear how and why, over time, that tradition has strayed from its true roots and what implications that has for the future political establishment. All the major figures of American Conservatism throughout the nation's history are examined and how each has influenced the conservative tradition in different ways. I highly recommend this book. It makes it all very clear.