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The Conservative American, by Clarence Manion (Devin-Adair, $4.75). “What casts this lengthening shadow? . . . What are the ultimate dimensions of this big rumble on the right? Who is this Conservative American? What wound him up? What makes him tick and where does he think he is going?” Dean Manion sets these questions in his preface, and offers his book as the answer. Though he does not eschew the philosophical and legal arguments of the conservative position, he intends here to break through to the realm of politics. He is talking about voters, poll watchers, and professional “pols.” I found the book most useful for the six or seven early chapters that give a detailed and clear account of American political history in this century: the history of the rise of Liberalism. Here’s the story of how the Liberals broke in one night and stole the seals of the GOP; and here’s an agenda for political conservatives who share Dean Manion’s hope to restore justice and reason to American politics.

W. F. RICKENBACKER

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The Conservative American, by Clarence Manion (Devin-Adair, $4.75). “What casts this lengthening shadow? . . . What are the ultimate dimensions of this big rumble on the right? Who is this Conservative American? What wound him up? What makes him tick and where does he think he is going?” Dean Manion sets these questions in his preface, and offers his book as the answer. Though he does not eschew the philosophical and legal arguments of the conservative position, he intends here to break through to the realm of politics. He is talking about voters, poll watchers, and professional “pols.” I found the book most useful for the six or seven early chapters that give a detailed and clear account of American political history in this century: the history of the rise of Liberalism. Here’s the story of how the Liberals broke in one night and stole the seals of the GOP; and here’s an agenda for political conservatives who share Dean Manion’s hope to restore justice and reason to American politics.

W. F. RICKENBACKER