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BOOK EXCERPT
‘Post-Conservative America’ (1982)
By KEVIN PHILLIPS
“When the first histories of the 1980’s are written, the place of the radical transformation of conservative economics will be as important as that of any other transformation . . . ”

A REVIEW BY KEVIN PHILLIPS
‘The End of the Conservative Era,’ by Robert S. McElvaine (1987)
By KEVIN PHILLIPS
McElvaine says that Republicans can no longer hope for a deepening political supremacy because Reaganism is in trouble.

(1982)(1987)

REVIEWS OF KEVIN PHILLIPS’S BOOKS

‘American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century’ (2006)

Reviewed by ALAN BRINKLEY
Phillips characterizes the conservative movement he helped build as ideologically extreme and dangerously shortsighted.

‘American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush’ (2004)
Reviewed by MICHAEL ORESKES
Phillips detects a pattern of secrecy and deception in four generations of the Bushes.

‘William McKinley’ (2003)
Reviewed by ALLEN D. BOYER
Focusing on the last election of the 19th century, Phillips offers a vigorous reassessment of the neglected 25th president

‘Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich’ (2002)
Reviewed by JOHN B. JUDIS
Phillips argues that America is on the downhill side of an imperial cycle, like great powers before it.

First Chapter

‘The Cousins’ Wars: Religion, Politics, and the Triumph of Anglo-America’ (1999)
Reviewed by RICHARD BROOKHISER
From Cromwell to Lincoln, Phillips explains, republican roundheads beat cavalier aristocrats.

‘Arrogant Capital: Washington, Wall Street, and the Frustration of American Politics’ (1994)
Reviewed by ADAM CLYMER
Phillips argues that the problem with Washington is that elections don’t change things the way they used to.

‘Boiling Point Republicans, Democrats and the Decline of Middle-Class Prosperity ‘ (1993)
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT
A study of what happened to the American middle class during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.

‘The Politics of Rich and Poor:
Wealth and the American Electorate in the Reagan Aftermath’ (1990)
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT
Phillips predicts that in the 1990’s the pendulum will swing back again and a shift to more liberal politics will ensue.

‘Staying on Top: The Business Case for a National Industrial Strategy’ (1984)
Reviewed by LEONARD SILK
Phillips wants the United States to pursue an aggressive trade policy, threatening to injure other countries to force open their markets.

‘The Emerging Republican Majority’ (1969)
Reviewed by WARREN WEAVER Jr.
Phillips argues that Nixon’s 1968 victory represented the crystallization of a major political realignment.

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