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CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE
Dean, John W.
2006 53354 Conservatives Without Conscience, John Dean, who served as White House counsel under Richard Nixon and then helped to break the Watergate scandal with his testimony before the Senate, takes a vivid and analytical look at a Republican Party that has changed drastically from the conservative movement that he joined in the mid-1960s as an admirer of Senator Barry Goldwater. Listen to our interview with Dean as part of our July 13 Amazon Wire podcast (along with interviews with Garrison Keillor and Henry Rollins) to hear how he originally conceived of the book with the late Senator Goldwater, and the social science research he drew on to put together his portrait of the "conservative authoritarian." (You can subscribe to regular Wire podcasts here.) And take a look at Dean's choices for the best books to read on the American presidency in our Grownup School feature. From Publishers Weekly In his seventh book, Dean, the former Nixon legal counsel whom the FBI has called the "master manipulator" of the Watergate coverup, weighs in with a rebuke to Christian fundamentalists and other right-wing hard-liners. A self-described Goldwater conservative (indeed, Goldwater had planned to collaborate on this book before his death), he rails against the influence of social conservatives and neoconservatives within his party. Suffused with bitterness stemming from the controversies in which he has been embroiled, Dean's book paints a thin social science veneer over a litany of mostly ad hominem complaints. Purporting to show that social conservatives and neoconservatives are, on the whole, demonstrably authoritarian, bigoted, irrational and amoral, Conservatives Without Conscience offers helpful hints such as "Conservatives without conscience do not have horns and tails," and evinces a telling fascination with politicians' shady book deals. Though there is clearly much to condemn in the policies and tactics Dean deplores, assailing everyone from French political theorist Joseph de Maistre to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to the chairman of Yale University's conservative association as "Double High" social- dominance-oriented authoritarians undermines his journalistic credibility. Dean's lurid accusations may be entertaining, but they add little to the reasoned debate that Washington so sorely lacks today. Published at twenty six dollars. Viking Adult 0-670-03774-5 / 9780670037742
Hardcover Very Good Condition New York
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19.31 USD
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Lost Honor
Dean, John W., III
1982 176223 Hardcover. As New/As New Book Jacket. out of Print. 6 x 9". From Library Journal Counsel to Richard Nixon, Dean offered sensational testimony about the Watergate break-in and its attempted cover-up that eventually drove the President from office. Dean's Blind Ambition laid out his side of the story, and that book is still the subject of controversy. He wrote this one in an attempt to fill in some of the blanks and also tell us what happened to him between his release from prison in 1975 and 1980. Probably the most interesting feature is Dean's speculation about the identity of "Deep Throat," the secret high-level source for much of what the Washington Post published during the scandal. Even today, there is no definitive exposure of this mystery person, who may be an amalgam of several people but most likely is a single, extremely clever individual. During the period covered by Lost Honor, Dean made a foray into journalism and became briefly famous again for describing an off-color racial joke by Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz that caused Butz's resignation. The author also tells us a lot about his personal life, adding tidbits to his early biography and chronicling the rocky but steadying marriage to his wife, Mo. 0936906154 / 9780936906157
Hardcover As New As New Book Jacket Los Angeles out of Print
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17.68 USD
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