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Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism
Righteous Warrior Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism Author:William A. Link From an early age, Jesse Helms believed in extreme conservative causes, doctrinaire Christian worship and a mistrust of outsiders.In Righteous Warrior, William Link tells the life story of Jesse Helms and, subsequently, the story of a conservative revolution that finally captivated America at the end of the twentieth century.In his early days, J... more »esse Helms was a newspaperman, a radio commentator and a magazine editor.When he saw television for the first time, he realized the power he could command and, on tiny black and white screens waged battles with everything from civil rights to academic liberalism.In 1973, he was elected to the Senate where he remained until 2003 taking on everyone and everything that didn't tow the conservative party line and literally became the center of the conservative movement, pushing conservative causes, linking up with wealthy donors and ammassing more power than many Senators within memory.One could truly say that Jesse Helms was the conservative party in the U.S. In Righteous Warrior, Link gives us a complete historical portrait of the most powerful American political movement of the late twentieth century and shows how it was forged through the life of a man named Jesse Helms.« less