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, naive, 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
Hard-to-find essays from by the godfather of neo-conservatism
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Neo-Conservatism: The autobiography of an idea
Collection of articles and essays spanning half a century
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Irwin Selzer
Bruce Frohnen, Jeremy Beer, Jeffrey O. Nelson
American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia
A collection of works ranging from major conservative thinkers to stances on political issues from a conservative point of view.
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David Cameron
Cameron: The Rise of the New Conservative
Biographical account of the rise of David Cameron and his ascendance to the leadership of the Conservative Party.
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George W. Bush
A MAN OF FAITH: The Spiritual Journey of George W.Bush
Former Time correspondent's enthusiastic portrait
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Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke
America Alone: The Neo-Conservatives and the Global Order
Conservatives attack neo-conservatism
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Patrick J. Buchanan
The Death of the West
Argues that dying populations and immigrant invasions imperil civilisation.
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William F. Buckley
Let Us Talk of Many Things
Witty and erudite collection by the patron saint of US conservatism.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince
A landmark 16th century treatise on Realpolitik, concerned with retaining power rather than pursuing ideals
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Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan
Influential 17th century argument for the administration of government to be entrusted to one rather than many
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Peter Hitchens
The Abolition of Britain
Former socialist, journalist Peter Hitchens, argues the case for social and economic conservatism
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Margaret Thatcher
… there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families.
Todd Domke
Iain Dale
Dictionary of Conservative Quotations
An amusing and stimulating reference work
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Alan Clark
The late Alan Clark - former Thatcher Government cabinet minister
Martin Blinkhorn
Fascists and Conservatives
Another perspective, and sure to spark off some heated discussion
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Roger Scruton
A leading contemporary British Conservative thinker
John Kekes
Ann Widdecombe
Ann Widdecombe: Right from the Beginning
A lively biography of contemporary British Conservatism's most controversial woman
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