The Right Nation - Softcover

Wooldridge, Adrian; Micklethwait, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713997389 ISBN 13: 9780713997385

Publisher: Allen Lane, 2004

Synopsis

The Right Nation is the definitive portrait of the America that few outsiders understand: the America that votes for George Bush, that supports the death penalty and gun rights, that believes in minimal government and long prison sentences, that pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol. America, argue John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, award winning journalists at The Economist, has always been a conservative country; but over the past 50 years it has built up a radical conservative movement unlike any other country. The authors tell the story of how these radicals took over the Republican Party, and they deconstruct the Bush White House, examining the many influences from neo-conservatism to sun belt entrepreneurialism. This quest takes the authors from young churchgoers in Colorado Springs to gay gun clubs in Massachusetts to black supporters of school vouchers in Milwaukee. And they drive to the heart of a question that is relevant to us all: why does America seem so different?

About this title

Review:

'The writing is consistently crisp and intelligent, the conclusions balanced...a work of penetrating insight' -- The New York Times

‘Profoundly insightful, and offering heavyweight analysis with an admirable lightness of touch...an excellent historical overview of the...conservative revival' -- Christopher Silvester, The Sunday Times

‘a remarkable achievement...it can perhaps make claim to an extraordinary boast as the best book on modern America in print’ -- Graham Stewart, Spectator

‘an immensely knowledgeable description of the history and beliefs of modern American conservatism’ -- Godfrey Hodgson, The Independent

About the Author:

John Micklethwait is the US editor of The Economist and Adrian Wooldridge writes its Lexington column. They are the authors of A Future Perfect, The Witch Doctors and The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0713997389
• ISBN 13: 9780713997385
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464