CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE

John W. Dean III

ISBN 10: 0670037745 / ISBN 13: 9780670037742

Edité par Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2006

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Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. Dean's previous NY Times bestseller,WORSE THAN WATERGATE : The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush, offered the former White House insider's telling perspective on George W. Bush's presidency. Once again, he employs his knowledge & understanding of Washington politics & process to examine the conservative movement's current inner circle of radical Republican leaders--from Capitol Hill to Pennsylvania Ave to K Street & beyond. InCONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE, he not only highlights specific right-wing-driven GOP policies but also probes the conservative mindset, identifying recurring qualities such as the unbridled viciousness toward those daring to disagree with them, as well as the big business favoritism that costs taxpayers billions. He identifies specific examples of how court-packing seeks to form a judiciary that is biased by its very nature, how religious piety is producing politics run amok & how concealed indifference to the founding principles of liberty & equality is pushing America further & further from its constitutional foundations. By the end, he paints a vivid picture of what's happening at the top levels of the Republican Party, a party corrupted by leaders who cloak their actions in moral superiority while packaging their programs in blatant propaganda. He finds disturbing signs that current right-wing authoritarian thinking, when conflated with the domineering personalities of the conservative leadership, could take the USA toward its own version of fascism. John W. Dean is the former Nixon White House counsel, whose testimony before Congress against the President in the Watergate scandal lead directly to Nixon's resignation. He is also the author of BLIND AMBITION: The White House Years, LOST HONOR, THE REHNQUIST CHOICE, and WORSE THAN WATERGATE: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush. Fine,first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NFBS2/NF43. N° de réf. du vendeur 11376

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Titre : CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE

Éditeur : Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Date d'édition : 2006

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Fine

Etat de la jaquette : Fine

Signé : Signed by Author(s)

Edition : 1st Edition

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On the heels of his national bestseller Worse Than Watergate, John Dean takes a critical look at the current conservative movement

In Conservatives Without Conscience, John Dean places the conservative movement's inner circle of leaders in the Republican Party under scrutiny. Dean finds their policies and mind- set to be fundamentally authoritarian, and as such, a danger to democracy. By examining the legacies of such old-line conservatives as J. Edgar Hoover, Spiro Agnew, and Phyllis Schlafly and of such current figures as Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, and leaders of the Religious Right, Dean presents an alarming record of abuses of power. His trenchant analysis of how conservatism has lost its bearings serves as a chilling warning and a stirring inspiration to safeguard constitutional principles.