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To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party by Heather Cox Richardson
5.0
In the 1850s, young men created the Republican Party to stand against and create an alternative to a government they believed promoted the interests of only wealthy elites. Over its 160-year history, Republicans have swung from this founding vision of their party to one that has espoused and promulgated the interests of elites and big businesses, why? This is the question that Heather Cox Richardson has set out to answer.
Richardson's masterful narrative charts the Republican Party and its ideology from its inception through the presidency of George W. Bush, when the power of the Movement Conservative faction peaked. Richardson demonstrates how the issue of civil rights, economic theory, and the politics of socialism and communism have affected the ideology of the Republican Party. Richardson attempts to stay neutral as she discusses these ideological shifts and their causes, but anyone who has strong political views may become agitated while reading this book. However, every American should fight through this discomfort and read To Make Men Free. Richardson does an excellent job of showing how the past has impacted and yielded our present day society and political landscape.
Richardson's masterful narrative charts the Republican Party and its ideology from its inception through the presidency of George W. Bush, when the power of the Movement Conservative faction peaked. Richardson demonstrates how the issue of civil rights, economic theory, and the politics of socialism and communism have affected the ideology of the Republican Party. Richardson attempts to stay neutral as she discusses these ideological shifts and their causes, but anyone who has strong political views may become agitated while reading this book. However, every American should fight through this discomfort and read To Make Men Free. Richardson does an excellent job of showing how the past has impacted and yielded our present day society and political landscape.