In 1960 Barry Goldwater set forth his brief manifesto in The Conscience of aConservative. Written at the height of the Cold War and in the wake ofAmericas great... » 

In 1960 Barry Goldwater set forth his brief manifesto in The Conscience of aConservative. Written at the height of the Cold War and in the wake ofAmericas greatest experiment with big government the New Deal Goldwatersmessage was not only remarkable but radical. He argued for the value andimportance of conservative principles freedom foremost among them incontemporary political life. Using the principles he espoused in this concisebut powerful book Goldwater fundamentally altered the political landscape ofhis day and ours. «