The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer

"This is, simply put, the best biography I have read in years."

—The Spectator World

Frank Meyer devised the blueprint for American conservatism—fusionism—championed by Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, and so many to this day. Yet long before and far away, Communists in London chanted “Free Frank Meyer!” to block the deportation of a comrade who was their cause célèbre. Those fervent Marxists could never have predicted that their hero would one day provide the intellectual energy necessary to ...