This week’s Newsmax Rising Bestsellers cover modern American conservatism, with the biography of the most significant voice in 20th century conservative thought as well as a primer of what conservatism entails. There is also a warning that the left’s emphasis on woke policies such as critical race theory is too close to China’s Cultural Revolution, penned by someone who was there. Additionally, a rabbi offers that the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel was predicted thousands of years ago in biblical writings — down to the date. And there is always a fiction suggestion, the latest in a series that has entertained readers for 25 years.
“Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America,” by Sam Tanenhaus (Random House)
William F. Buckley Jr. defined conservatism throughout the last half of the 20th century. He led a conservative revolution, beginning with his first book, “God and Man at Yale,” in which he criticized his alma mater. Buckley’s influence expanded through a syndicated column, his work as founding editor of National Review, and through his weekly debates on his Emmy Award winning PBS TV show, “Firing Line.” The Washington Post wrote, “Painstakingly researched and beautifully crafted, ‘Buckley’ is a capacious and incisive history of the modern conservative movement’s formative years, seen through the eyes of its intellectual leader — a man who, in Tanenhaus’ hands, is enthralling and infuriating by turns, but never boring.” [Nonfiction]“Conserving Truth: A Brief History of Western Conservatism,” by Joelle Webb (Independently published)
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