Book · 2022 · History
The Right
The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
Why people recommend it
The Right by Matthew Continetti is a comprehensive historical exploration of the American conservative movement and its various internal factions. Speaker Mike Johnson mentioned Matthew Continetti's book on Honestly with Bari Weiss, describing the work as phenomenal and using it to discuss the historical origins and merging of different political factions within the conservative movement. Similarly, Mary Catherine Hamm recommended Matthew Continetti's book on The Ezra Klein Show, praising it as a readable and erudite history of the American right and conservatism that addressed many of the contemporary topics discussed on the podcast. Both commentators highlighted the value of the text for understanding the intellectual and political foundations that shaped modern conservatism in the United States, offering listeners a structured narrative of how disparate ideological groups coalesced into a powerful political force over the course of the twentieth century and beyond.
Who recommended it
- Mike Johnson Recommended
- Mary Catherine Hamm Recommended
Mike Johnson — 1 mention
“Matthew conetti wrote a book recently the right phenomenal”
Mary Catherine Hamm — 1 mention
“and then I'll give a shout out to um Matthew continent is the right which is a history of the American right and conservatism which we'll speak to in a more erudite sense than I did many of the things that we have talked about right in this podcast”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Well, when I was writing my history of the right, I came up against this problem, which was how do how does one explain Donald Trump.”