The Conservative Sixties tells «the other story» of America in the era of left-wing protests, countercultural experiments, and a civil rights revolution. Ten original historical essays focus on Phyllis Schlafly, Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, the John Birch Society, the Minutemen, «Moral Mothers and Goldwater Girls», «Cowboy Conservatives», «National Politics versus Community Interest», «Below-the-Belt Politics», and the «Politics of Law and Order». The Conservative Sixties demonstrates that throughout the 1960s, right-wing activists organized at the grass-roots, re-thought their priorities, discovered new allies, and prepared to defeat liberals in the political and cultural arenas. This history of the 1960s puts the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, George H. Bush, and George W. Bush - as well as the conservative turn of Congress and the American people - into historical perspective. The Conservative Sixties tells «the other story» of America in the era of left-wing protests, countercultural experiments, and a civil rights revolution. Ten original historical essays focus on Phyllis Schlafly, Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, the John Birch Society, the Minutemen, «Moral Mothers and Goldwater Girls», «Cowboy Conservatives», «National Politics versus Community Interest», «Below-the-Belt Politics», and the «Politics of Law and Order». The Conservative Sixties demonstrates that throughout the 1960s, right-wing activists organized at the grass-roots, re-thought their priorities, discovered new allies, and prepared to defeat liberals in the political and cultural arenas. This history of the 1960s puts the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, George H. Bush, and George W. Bush ¿ as well as the conservative turn of Congress and the American people ¿ into historical perspective. DAVID FARBER AND JEFF ROCHE Introduction 1(7) DAVID FARBER Democratic Subjects in the American Sixties: National Politics, Cultural Authenticity, and Community Interest 8(13) JONATHAN M. SCHOENWALD We Are an Action Group: The John Birch Society and the Conservative Movement in the 1960's 21(16) EVELYN A. SCHLATTER "Extremism in the Defense of Liberty": The Minutemen and the Radical Right 37(26) MICHELLE NICKERSON Moral Mothers and Goldwater Girls 51 MARY C. BRENNAN Winning the War / Losing the Battle: The Goldwater Presidential Campaign and Its Effects on the Evolution of Modern Conservatism 63(16) JEFF ROCHE Cowboy Conservatism 79(14) KURT SCHUPARRA "A Great White Light": The Political Emergence of Ronald Reagan 93(15) DONALD T. CRITCHLOW Conservatism Reconsidered: Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism 108(19) SCOTT FLIPSE Below-the-Belt Politics: Protestant Evangelicals, Abortion, and the Foundation of the New Religious Right, 1960-75 127(15) MICHAEL W. FLAMM The Politics of "Law and Order" 142(11) Notes 153(50) List of Contributors 203(2) Index 205