Patriotism Is Not Enough: Harry Jaffa, Walter Berns, and the Arguments That Redefined American Conservatism

by Steven F. Hayward

Book Overview

This book is a lively intellectual history of a small circle of thinkers, especially, but not solely, Harry Jaffa and Walter Berns, who challenged the mainstream liberal consensus of political science and history about how the American Founding should be understood. Along the way they changed the course of the conservative movement and had a significant impact on shaping contemporary political debates from constitutional interpretation, civil rights,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159403883X
• ISBN13: 9781594038839
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Encounter Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"