Reading List
Authoritarian Right
The word ‘conservative’ is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abuse for anyone whose views differ from the insufferable, smug, sanctimonious, naïve, guilt-ridden, wet pink orthodoxy of that sunset home of the third-rate members of that third-rate decade, the nineteen-sixties. Norman Tebbit
Irving Kristol
The Neo-conservative Persuasion
Irving Kristol
Hard-to-find essays from by the godfather of neo-conservatism
Neo-Conservatism: The autobiography of an idea
Irving Kristol
Collection of articles and essays spanning half a century
Irwin Selzer
THE NEOCON READER
Irwin Selzer
Diverse anthology of well written essays
Bruce Frohnen, Jeremy Beer, Jeffrey O. Nelson
American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia
Bruce Frohnen, Jeremy Beer, and Jeffrey O. Nelson (editors)
A collection of works ranging from major conservative thinkers to stances on political issues from a conservative point of view.
David Cameron
Cameron: The Rise of the New Conservative
Francis Elliott & James Hanning
Biographical account of the rise of David Cameron and his ascendance to the leadership of the Conservative Party.
George W. Bush
A MAN OF FAITH: The Spiritual Journey of George W.Bush
David Aikman
Former Time correspondent’s enthusiastic portrait
Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke
America Alone: The Neo-Conservatives and the Global Order
Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke
Conservatives attack neo-conservatism
Patrick J. Buchanan
The Death of the West
Patrick J. Buchanan
Argues that dying populations and immigrant invasions imperil civilisation.
William F. Buckley
Let Us Talk of Many Things
William F. Buckley
Witty and erudite collection by the patron saint of US conservatism.
Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli
A landmark 16th century treatise on Realpolitik, concerned with retaining power rather than pursuing ideals
Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
Influential 17th century argument for the administration of government to be entrusted to one rather than many
Peter Hitchens
The Abolition of Britain
Peter Hitchens
Former socialist, journalist Peter Hitchens, argues the case for social and economic conservatism
Margaret Thatcher
… there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families.
The Downing Street Years
Margaret Thatcher
Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World
Margaret Thatcher
The Path to Power
Margaret Thatcher
Todd Domke
The Conservative’s Dictionary
Todd Domke
Iain Dale
Dictionary of Conservative Quotations
Iain Dale
An amusing and stimulating reference work
Alan Clark
The late Alan Clark - former Thatcher Government cabinet minister
The Tories
Alan Clark
Martin Blinkhorn
Fascists and Conservatives
Martin Blinkhorn
Another perspective, and sure to spark off some heated discussion
Roger Scruton
A leading contemporary British Conservative thinker
Conservative Thinkers: Essays from the “Salisbury Review”
Roger Scruton
John Kekes
A Case for Conservatism
John Kekes
Thoughtful look at Conservatism past and present
Ann Widdecombe
Ann Widdecombe: Right from the Beginning
Nicholas Kochan
A lively biography of contemporary British Conservatism’s most controversial woman
Adolf Hitler
Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler
A rightfully vilified work and stark reminder of the dangers of history repeating itself, an important narrative on an ideology and political force that would engulf a nation.