A bold and articulate defense of traditional American values, The Conservative Affirmation is Willmoore Kendall's enduring statement on the philosophical foundations of American conservatism. First published in 1963, the book argues that the U.S. Constitution reflects not a liberal mandate for endless individualism, but a carefully calibrated order rooted in majoritarian rule, moral consensus, and shared tradition. Kendall, a brilliant political theorist and one-time mentor to W...

Maverick political scientist Willmoore Kendall predicted the triumph of conservatism. Upon the 1963 publication of Kendall's The Conservative Affirmation, his former Yale student William F. Buckley, Jr. called him "one of the most superb and original political analysts of the 20th century," but even Buckley shook his head at what appeared to be Kendall's "baffling optimism."During the 60's, Kendall stood apart from the mainstream conservative movement which he accused of b...

Recent events in the United States have shown the workings of little-known elements of the Communist Party, like the secret section whose members are unknown to the rank and file. All this and much more is explained in Rossi's remarkable disclosure of the entire structure of the Communist Party of one country—in this case France—where we are able to see the Party as it acted under the varying pressures of peace, war, and armistice; how it operates as a legal part of the political scene; ho...