"With contributions from more than two hundred leading scholars, American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia offers information and insight on the major persons, schools, concepts, organizations, events, and publications that have contributed to the development of the conservative intellectual movement in America since World War II." "Its 626 entries cover social issues from abortion to welfare, thinkers from Lord Acton to Donald Atwell Zoll, politicians from John Adams to John Witherspoon, magazines from the American Mercury to the Weekly Standard, books from The Conscience of a Conservative to Witness, historical events from the American Revolution to the Vietnam War, political philosophies from agrarianism to totalitarianism, concepts from academic freedom to tradition, organizations from the America First Committee to the Young Americans for Freedom - and much else."--Jacket.