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
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Etablished Knowledge and Why it Matters
Tom Nichols
An attack on the contemporary notion that all voices, even the most ridiculous ones, should be heard with equal seriousness. These are dangerous times, he writes. Never have so many people had access to so much knowledge, and yet been so resistant to learning anything.
12 Rules for life: An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan B. Peterson
The controversial academic draws on his work as a clinical psychologist, and on the lessons from humanity’s oldest myths and stories
Great Again: How to Fix Our Crippled America
Doanld Trump
The former US President’s formula for earning the admiration of the country’s friends, and provoking fear amoung its enemies
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
THE NEOCON READER
Irwin Selzer
Diverse anthology of well written essays
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
America Alone: The Neo-Conservatives and the Global Order
Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke
Conservatives attack neo-conservatism
The Death of the West
Patrick J. Buchanan
Argues that dying populations and immigrant invasions imperil civilisation
Let Us Talk of Many Things
William F. Buckley
Witty and erudite collection by the patron saint of US conservatism
The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli
A landmark 16th century treatise on Realpolitik, concerned with retaining power rather than pursuing ideals
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
Influential 17th century argument for the administration of government to be entrusted to one rather than many
The Abolition of Britain
Peter Hitchens
Former socialist, journalist Peter Hitchens, argues the case for social and economic conservatism
The Downing Street Years
Margaret Thatcher
The Conservative’s Dictionary
Todd Domke
Dictionary of Conservative Quotations
Iain Dale
An amusing and stimulating reference work
Fascists and Conservatives
Martin Blinkhorn
Another perspective, and sure to spark off some heated discussion
Conservative Thinkers: Essays from the “Salisbury Review”
Roger Scruton
A Case for Conservatism
John Kekes
Thoughtful look at Conservatism past and present
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