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Conservatives denounced Communist ideals as a subversion of American values and maintained relentless opposition to Communist principles until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Conservatives were especially sensitive to the perception of Communist elements trying to change national policies and values in the U.S. government, the media ...
Dictionary of American Conservatism (Philosophical Library, 1987) online; Frohnen, Bruce et al. eds. American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia (2006) ISBN 1932236449; Hahn, Steven. Illiberal America A History (W.W. Norton, 2024) blurb; Nash, George H. The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 (2006).
American duties on foreign products declined from an average of 46% in 1934 to 12% by 1962, which included the presidency of Republican president Dwight D. Eisenhower. [124] After World War II, the U.S. promoted the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) established in 1947, to minimize tariffs and other restrictions, and to liberalize ...
In later works, Kirk expanded this list into his "Ten Principles of Conservatism" [180] which are as follows: First, the conservative believes that there exists an enduring moral order. Second, the conservative adheres to custom, convention, and continuity. Third, conservatives believe in what may be called the principle of prescription.
Prophets on the right: Profiles of conservative critics of American globalism (1978) [ISBN missing] Raimondo, Justin. An Enemy of the State: The Life of Murray N. Rothbard (2000) [ISBN missing] Raimondo, Justin (1993). Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement. Burlingame, CA: Center for Libertarian Studies.
The Conservative Mind is a book by American conservative philosopher Russell Kirk. It was first published in 1953 as Kirk's doctoral dissertation and has since gone into seven editions, the later ones with the subtitle From Burke to Eliot. It traces the development of conservative thought in the Anglo-American tradition, giving special ...
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Conservative radio broadcaster Dan Smoot, funded by Hunt, supported racist poll taxes and literacy tests. He argued that forms of democracy like a popular vote to elect the President was a threat because "welfare people" (meaning non-white people living in cities) would out-vote rural (white) people in places like Montana. [96]