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William F. Buckley (Jr.)

    William F. Buckley Jr. war ein einflussreicher amerikanischer Autor und Kommentator, der für seinen scharfen Intellekt und seinen unverwechselbaren literarischen Stil bekannt war. Sein Schreiben zeichnete sich durch Gelehrsamkeit, Witz und die Verwendung ungewöhnlicher Wörter aus, was seiner Prosa einen besonderen Glanz verlieh. Buckleys wichtigstes intellektuelles Verdienst war die Verschmelzung des traditionellen amerikanischen politischen Konservatismus mit libertärem Wirtschaftsdenken und Antikommunismus. Er wurde zu einer Schlüsselfigur bei der Gestaltung des modernen amerikanischen Konservatismus und diente einer ganzen Generation als dessen führende Stimme. Sein umfangreiches Werk umfasst Schriften über Schreiben, Reden, Geschichte, Politik und Segeln, einschließlich einer Romanserie.

    Flying High
    Saving the Queen
    • President Truman is nearing the end of his term in office, and Great Britain has a new queen. It is 1952; the Cold War is beginning to heat up, and vital Western military secrets are falling into Soviet hands. The CIA is faced with a delicate dilemma for the source of the leaks to the KGB has been traced directly to the Queen's chambers. The situation must be resolved, but the young Queen's self-confidence and public credibility must not be damaged. Thus young Blackford Oakes - handsome, debonaire, and audacious, a recent Yale graduate and ex-combat fighter pilot - is selected to penetrate the royal circle, win the Queen's confidence, and plug the leak. The action leads to an explosive showdown in the skies over London, one that could determine the future of the West.

      Saving the Queen
    • If any two people can be called indispensable in launching the conservative movement in American politics, they are William F. Buckley Jr. and Barry Goldwater. Buckley's National Review was at the center of conservative political analysis from the mid-fifties onward. But the policy intellectuals knew that to actually change the way the country was run, they needed a presidential candidate, and the man they turned to was Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater. Goldwater was in many ways the perfect self-reliant, unpretentious, unshakably honest and dashingly handsome, with a devoted following that grew throughout the fifties and early sixties. He possessed deep integrity and a sense of decency that made him a natural spokesman for conservative ideals. But his flaws were a product of his virtues. He wouldn't bend his opinions to make himself more popular, he insisted on using his own inexperienced advisors to run his presidential campaign, and in the end he electrified a large portion of the electorate but lost the great majority. Flying High is Buckley's partly fictional tribute to the man who was in many ways his alter ego in the conservative movement. It is the story of two men who looked as if they were on the losing side of political events, but were kept aloft by the conviction that in fact they were making history.

      Flying High