America's Way Back: Rediscovering the Roots of Freedom and Tradition - Hardcover

"A trenchant critique of the flaws and failures of statist progressivism--and a powerful case for a revived conservative alternative. Conservatives of all stripes--and progressives too--will benefit from a close reading of this discerning and very timely book." --George H. Nash, author of The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America since 1945 "Too many conservatives have forgotten that freedom and tradition, limited government and conservative morality, stand or fall together. Devine's fine new book, a vigorous defense of fusionism, provides a much-needed reality check. If conservatives want to win again--and want to deserve to win again--they need to listen to Devine." --Edward Feser, associate professor of philosophy, Pasadena City College "America's Way Back follows on the work of my father, Frank Meyer, showing that libertarianism and traditionally oriented conservatism, while sometimes conflicting in specific policy areas, are complementary and vital as bulwarks of the West." --Eugene B. Meyer, president of the Federalist Society "At last someone has produced a worthy successor to Frank Meyer's classic In Defense of Freedom." --Edwin J. Feulner, the Heritage Foundation "A philosophical, historical, and political tour de force. Must reading--an outstanding book that will be around for a long time to come." --Lee Edwards, author of William F. Buckley Jr.: The Maker of a Movement "Devine spells out the solution for the modern GOP--a fusion of the best of conservative ideas with those of the liberty movement, all rooted in the Constitution. This book provides plenty of intellectual ammunition for the modern conservative movement." --Senator Rand Paul "I have long believed that the fusionist conservatism of Frank Meyer made for splendid politics (as in Ronald Reagan's two presidential campaigns) but for poor and incoherent political philosophy. America's Way Back forces me to reconsider. Devine argues persuasively that the synthesis of traditional Western values with individual human freedom has intellectual and moral integrity as the foundation for ordered liberty." --Allan C. Carlson, president of the Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society "Both enjoyable and compelling. Informed by the insights of James Madison, Adam Smith, and Alexis de Tocqueville--and William F. Buckley Jr., Frank Meyer, and Ronald Reagan--Devine shows how we can recover what we have lost. An intellectual journey to be savored." --Mark Levin, nationally syndicated radio host

How can America recover from economic stagnation, moral exhaustion, and looming bankruptcy? American Conservative Union vice chairman Donald J. Devine shows the way. Progressivism has so corrupted the modern political mindset-in both parties-that it has obscured the secret of the Constitution's success: the way it harmonised freedom and tradition. Devine points to the essential paradox that Nobel laureate F. A. Hayek highlighted: "A successful free society will always in large measure be a tradition-bound society." America's Way Back makes a powerful case for a new "fusion" of libertarianism and traditionalism. Just as the fusionism of William F. Buckley Jr. and Frank Meyer led to a conservative revival in the 1960s, a new harmony between freedom and tradition will revive America today.