Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. Prelude. 1 Life before National Review. 2 Forging the Conservative Movement. 3 Goldwater for President. 4 The Raging Sixties. 5 The Long Detour. 6 New Directions. 7 Time to Regroup. 8 The Reagan Years. 9 New World Order. 10 Passing the Torch. Appendix: Books by William F. Buckley Jr. Notes. Index.

About the Author

Linda Bridges has worked for National Review all her adult life. She was managing editor for ten years and is currently an editor at large. She coauthored (with William F. Rickenbacker) The Art of Persuasion: A National Review Rhetoric for Writers. John R. Coyne Jr. is a former associate editor, staff feature writer, and Washington correspondent for National Review. He is also a former White House speechwriter, chief speechwriter for Amoco Corp., and the author of four books.