The Conservative Mainstream Frank S. Meyer First Edition

The Conservative Mainstream by Frank S. Meyer. First Edition. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1969.

Frank S. Meyer's major statement of "fusionism," the argument that the traditionalist and libertarian strands of American conservatism belong together as one movement. Meyer, a former Communist Party organizer turned National Review senior editor, was one of the intellectual architects of the postwar conservative movement. This book collects his case for virtue grounded in individual freedom and is essential for understanding how mainstream conservatism defined itself before the Reagan era. Meyer's ideas shaped a generation of movement leaders, and the book is a cornerstone of any collection of conservative thought.