America's Way Back: Rediscovering the Roots of Freedom and Tradition - Hardcover

Devine Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1610170636 ISBN 13: 9781610170635

Publisher: ISI Books, 2012

Synopsis

<p>How can America recover from economic stagnation, moral exhaustion, and looming bankruptcy? American Conservative Union vice chairman Donald J. Devine shows the way. </p> <p>Progressivism has so corrupted the modern political mindset—in both parties—that it has obscured the secret of the Constitution’s success: the way it harmonised freedom and tradition. Devine points to the essential paradox that Nobel laureate F. A. Hayek highlighted: “A successful free society will always in large measure be a tradition-bound society.” </p> <p><em>America’s Way Back</em> makes a powerful case for a new “fusion” of libertarianism and traditionalism. Just as the fusionism of William F. Buckley Jr. and Frank Meyer led to a conservative revival in the 1960s, a new harmony between freedom and tradition will revive America today. </p>

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Review:

"Both enjoyable and compelling. Informed by the insights of James Madison, Adam Smith, and Alexis de Tocqueville--and William F. Buckley Jr., Frank Meyer, and Ronald Reagan--Devine shows how we can recover what we have lost. An intellectual journey to be savored." --Mark Levin, nationally syndicated radio host

"I have long believed that the fusionist conservatism of Frank Meyer made for splendid politics (as in Ronald Reagan's two presidential campaigns) but for poor and incoherent political philosophy. America's Way Back forces me to reconsider. Devine argues persuasively that the synthesis of traditional Western values with individual human freedom has intellectual and moral integrity as the foundation for ordered liberty." --Allan C. Carlson, president of the Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society

"Devine spells out the solution for the modern GOP--a fusion of the best of conservative ideas with those of the liberty movement, all rooted in the Constitution. This book provides plenty of intellectual ammunition for the modern conservative movement." --Senator Rand Paul

"A philosophical, historical, and political tour de force. Must reading--an outstanding book that will be around for a long time to come." --Lee Edwards, author of William F. Buckley Jr.: The Maker of a Movement

"At last someone has produced a worthy successor to Frank Meyer's classic In Defense of Freedom." --Edwin J. Feulner, the Heritage Foundation

"America's Way Back follows on the work of my father, Frank Meyer, showing that libertarianism and traditionally oriented conservatism, while sometimes conflicting in specific policy areas, are complementary and vital as bulwarks of the West." --Eugene B. Meyer, president of the Federalist Society

"Too many conservatives have forgotten that freedom and tradition, limited government and conservative morality, stand or fall together. Devine's fine new book, a vigorous defense of fusionism, provides a much-needed reality check. If conservatives want to win again--and want to deserve to win again--they need to listen to Devine." --Edward Feser, associate professor of philosophy, Pasadena City College

"A trenchant critique of the flaws and failures of statist progressivism--and a powerful case for a revived conservative alternative. Conservatives of all stripes--and progressives too--will benefit from a close reading of this discerning and very timely book." --George H. Nash, author of The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America since 1945

About the Author:

Donald J. Devine is a senior scholar at the Fund for American Studies and the author of seven other books. A longtime adviser to Ronald Reagan, he served as head of the federal civil service during Reagan's first term, saving $6 billion in taxpayer money and reducing more than 100,000 nondefense bureaucratic slots. For nearly a quarter century he was a professor of government, politics, and Western civilization, teaching at the University of Maryland and Bellevue University. He and his wife, Ann, live in Shady Side, Maryland.

About this edition

• Publisher: ISI Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1610170636
• ISBN 13: 9781610170635
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224