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03531aam a2200445 a 4500 001 2C2E23FC66BD11E2809D11EEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 100514s2012 deua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2010020120 020 $a 9781935191452 020 $a 1935191454 035 $a (OCoLC)634738318 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d GK8 $d BWX $d CDX $d PUL $d STF $d COO $d IXA $d UWO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JC573.2.U6 $b F74 2012 082 00 $a B $a B $2 22 100 1 $a Frisk, David B. 245 10 $a If not us, who? : $b William Rusher, National Review, and the conservative movement / $c David B. Frisk. 260 $a Wilmington, DE : $b ISI Books, $c c2012. 300 $a viii, 517 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a If Not Us, Who? is both the story of an architect of the modern conservative movement and a colorful journey through a half century of high-level politics. 520 $a Best known as the longtime publisher of National Review, William Rusher (1923-2011) was more than just a crucial figure in the history of the Right's leading magazine. He was a political intellectual, tactician, and strategist who helped shape the historic rise of conservatism. 520 $a To write If Not Us, Who?, David B. Frisk pored over Rusher's voluminous papers at the Library of Congress and interviewed dozens of insiders, including National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr., in addition to Rusher himself. The result is a gripping biography, authorized yet independent, that shines new light on Rusher's significance as an observer and an activist while bringing to life more than a generation's worth of political hopes, fears, and controversies. 520 $a Frisk vividly captures the joys and struggles at National Review, including Rusher's complex relationship with the legendary Buckley. Here we see the powerful blend of wit, erudition, dedication, shrewdness, and earnestness that made Rusher an influential figure at NR and an indispensable link between conservatism's leading theorists and its political practitioners. 520 $a "If not us, who? If not now, when?", a maxim often attributed to Ronald Reagan, could have been Rusher's motto. In everything he did, publishing National Review, recruiting and advising political candidates, organizing cadres of young conservatives, taking on liberal advocates in a popular television debate program, writing a syndicated column, his objective was to build a movement. And he constantly exhorted his colleagues to step up as leaders of that movement. His tireless efforts proved essential to conservatism's ascendancy, from the pivotal Goldwater campaign through the Reagan era. 520 $a Largely unexamined until now, Rusher's career opens a new window onto the history of the conservative movement, its successes and failures. This comprehensive biography reintroduces readers to a remarkable man of thought and action. --Book Jacket. 600 10 $a Rusher, William A., $d 1923-2011. 650 0 $a Intellectuals $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Conservatives $z United States $v Biography. 630 00 $a National Review. 650 0 $a Conservatism $z United States. 941 $a 3 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722034929.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180104045926.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826033807.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2C2E23FC66BD11E2809D11EEDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IW9Initiate Another SILO Locator Search