God and Man At Yale

This is a marvelous expose by Buckley and one I wish I had read before writing my own university-slammer, The Bubble Boys. Buckley's main concerns are that under the guise of "academic freedom" many faculty at Yale in the early 1950s were pushing ideas which were consistent with totalitarianism--aga......more

Reading this book is primarily for historical value. It is William F. Buckley, Jr.'s first book that he wrote while a student at Yale (published after graduation). In it you will find all the major themes of modern American conservatism that have shaped American politics since Goldwater. Following g......more

I read a lot of Buckley back in the day, but had never read this one, the book that put him on the map. Reading it now, I can certainly see why it put him on the map. Good stuff.......more

While dated this book is a good place to start in examining the premise it puts forward in comparison to the situation as it exists today. The names in the book and the specific examples listed come (1951 but continuing through)1970s. The "changes" that are presaged by the situation Mr. Buckley goes......more

It's rather sad to see just how much of an arrogant tosser Buckley was even as a young man, one more suited to the reactionary world of Metternich than the post-war 1940s. Reading Buckley's early work, it's easy to understand the anti-communist witch hunts of the 50s. The motto of the so-called New......more