{"product_id":"the-corrosion-of-conservatism-max-boot-9781631495670","title":"The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs nativism, xenophobia, vile racism, and assaults on the rule of law threaten the very fabric of our nation, \u003cem\u003eThe Corrosion of Conservatism\u003c\/em\u003e presents an urgent defense of American democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePronouncing Mexican immigrants to be \"rapists,\" Donald Trump announced his 2015 presidential bid, causing Max Boot to think he was watching a dystopian science-fiction movie. The respected conservative historian couldn't fathom that the party of Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Reagan could endorse such an unqualified reality-TV star. Yet the \u003cem\u003eTwilight Zone\u003c\/em\u003e episode that Boot believed he was watching created an ideological dislocation so shattering that Boot's transformation from Republican foreign policy adviser to celebrated anti-Trump columnist becomes the dramatic story of \u003cem\u003eThe Corrosion of Conservatism\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo longer a Republican, but also not a Democrat, Boot here records his ideological journey from a \"movement\" conservative to a man without a party, beginning with his political coming-of-age as a young émigré from the Soviet Union, enthralled with the National Review and the conservative intellectual tradition of Russell Kirk and F. A. Hayek. Against this personal odyssey, Boot simultaneously traces the evolution of modern American conservatism, jump-started by Barry Goldwater's canonical \u003cem\u003eThe Conscience of a Conservative\u003c\/em\u003e, to the rise of Trumpism and its gradual corrosion of what was once the Republican Party.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile 90 percent of his fellow Republicans became political \"toadies\" in the aftermath of the 2016 election, Boot stood his ground, enduring the vitriol of his erstwhile conservative colleagues, trolled on Twitter by a white supremacist who depicted his \"execution\" in a gas chamber by a smiling, Nazi-clad Trump. And yet, Boot nevertheless remains a villain to some partisan circles for his enduring commitment to conservative fiscal and national security principles. It is from this isolated position, then, that Boot launches this bold declaration of dissent and its urgent plea for true, bipartisan cooperation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith uncompromising insights, \u003cem\u003eThe Corrosion of Conservatism\u003c\/em\u003e evokes both a president who has traduced every norm and the rise of a nascent centrist movement to counter Trump's assault on democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Max Boot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631495674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631495670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019","brand":"Max Boot","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46140771762431,"sku":"9781631495670","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbcaf137-b674-4d57-8608-a99374bfb3f1.jpg?v=1726596986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-corrosion-of-conservatism-max-boot-9781631495670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}