A CONSERVATARIAN MANIFESTO: Structure of This Book
This is a political book. It's an ideas book. The author, Charles W. Cooke, is a writer at National Review. His work has focused especially on Anglo-American history. It also focuses on Bristish liberty, free speech, the Second Amendment and American exceptionalism. Cooke also co-hosts the podcast Mad Dogs & Englishmen. He has broadcasts for HBO with Real Time with Bill Maher, as well as podcasts for BBC, MSNBC, FOX News, The Blaze, CNBC, CTV, ABC, Sun News, and CBS. In addition to National Review, Cooke's writings have also been published in The New York Times, National Interest, the Washington Times and the New York Post. Cooke begins this book with an Introduction on what this book is about. His book includes ten chapters. He defines "conservatarian" in the second chapter. Cooke concludes this book with an Epilogue as well and Acknowedgmements of those who made his book possible.
A CONSERVATARIAN MANIFESTO: My Experience Reading This Book
This book is not light or entertaining reading. It's academic. I had trouble maintaining interest for the first part of the book. It was pretty much what I expected, cerebral, political and serious. This book was written before the beginning of the 2016 Presidential campaign, but the author mentions several of the candidates. They are the ones who suspended their campaigns early. I would have liked to see subheadings that would have made it easier to read this book. As I read this book I couldn't help but wonder what this author would have said about the past candidates. What would he have said about Donald Trump? I wasn't clear about what "conservatarian" was supposed to mean exactly. This author clearly is libertarian, which is a conservative person who is "hands off" about social issues. The libertarian worldview wants to get the government out of all our social lives. It believes in the total separation between church and state. Libertarians believe in "live and let live." They are fiscally conservative and want small, limited government. On abortion and sanctity of life issues, this author DID draw the line and seems to favor making abortion illegal. He is openly atheist. This makes clear that one can use science, not religion, to argue successfully for why life must be safeguarded from conception to natural death. But he is "hands off" about "LGBT rights" and makes clear that these should be left alone. It's not a matter of life and death. IT seems that the author would agree with most of the positions of John Kasich, the Ohio Governor. Gary Johnson is the Libertarian candidate who is currently surging in the national polls. Aside from abortion, this author would seem to agree with Gary Johnson more than with most of the other candidates this primary season. That's only my opinion.
A CONSERVATARIAN MANIFESTO: Recommendations for This Book
This book obviously appeals to a narrow audience. It seems of interest or use to those interesteed in politics. It's not a general audience book. Anyone who is a "political junkie" will probably be interested in this book. This book should be required reading for political science students in colleges and universities. If you intend to vote for a libertarian candidate in the November general election, you may want to read this book. You will get the drift of what your candidate believes and how this candidate would approach positions and policies.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through BloggingForBooks, in exchange of my honest review of this book. I was not required to give a favorable review of this book.
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