{"product_id":"dead-right-9780465098255","title":"Dead Right","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Forbes columnist discusses the ideological breakdown of the Republican Party, its failure to diminish the deficit or the size of government in twelve years of control, and outlines a plan for renewal through a return to basic issues.Part reportage, part manifesto,  Dead Right  leads readers on a witty and opinionated tour through the chaos of post-Reagan conservatism. It explains why the  Religious Right is a phony menace ,  why President Reagan failed to eliminate even one major spending program ,  why the 1992 Republican convention, originally conceived as a cunning ploy, backfired ,  and much more. David Frum analyzes the conservative movement''s turn away from the economic issues that dominated the 1980s to a new preoccupation with race, ethnicity, and sex. He explains how and why conservatives decided to stop fighting Big Government and start using it. And he warns that a conservatism that loses its anti-Big Government faith is doomed to futility.  Dead Right  dissects the new c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Athwart History  * Houston: Wall-to-Wall Ugly  * The Failure of the Reagan Gambit  * Optimists: Wrong but Wromantic  * Moralists: The Threat from Above  * Nationalists: Whose Country Is It Anyway?  * The Pseudo-Menace of the Religious Right  * 1996","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018246193495,"sku":"9780465098255","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780465098255.jpg?v=1750776155","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dead-right-9780465098255","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}