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A Struggle Between Brothers: A Reexamination Of The Idea Of A Cohesive Conservative Movement Through The Intellectual Life And Personal Conflict Surrounding L. Brent Bozell, Kevin Michel
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The conservative movement, while ultimately successful, was actually a story of failures and fracture. This reality is captured in the life of Brent Bozell. Historians should recognize that when writing the history of conservatism it is as important to look at the schismatic and often extreme experience of Brent Bozell as it is to consider the life of the leader of mainstream conservatism, William F. Buckley Jr. It is unfortunate that no biography has been written on Brent Bozell because his criticisms of mainstream conservatism can shed some light on the underlying reasons for the recent electoral demise of the …