A generation awakes : Young Americans for Freedom and the creation of the Conservative Movement / by Wayne Thorburn.
| Author/creator |
Thorburn, Wayne J. (Wayne Jacob), 1944- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Ottawa, Ill. : Jameson Books, ©2010. |
| Description | xi, 564 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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| Contents | Something new is stirring -- The gathering at Great Elm -- A divided decade -- A presence in the room -- Barry's boys -- The cause must go on -- The Communist challenge -- The New Left and campus conflict -- Division in the ranks -- moving beyond Vietnam : YAF's campus initiatives -- We are the new politics! -- YAF in the seventies -- The Reagan Era -- The last convention -- What hath YAF wrought? -- The continuing challenge of the 21st century -- The Sharon statement. |
| Abstract | The education/political action organization Young Americans for Freedom, founded in 1960, helped forge the growing conservative movement into a political force that seized control of a party, elected one of their own to the presidency and, in the process, changed the world. This is the first comprehensive history of YAF, from which also came 27 members of Congress, eight U.S. Circuit Court judges, a Vice President of the United States, governors, numerous media figures and journalists, college presidents and professors, authors and many of the leaders of the major conservative organizations in the United States today. --from publisher description |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010024233 |
| ISBN | 9780898031683 (hbk.alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0898031680 (hbk.alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | JC573.2.U6 T47 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |