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The Man Who Invented Conservatism. Daniel J. Flynn on the Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer
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42:56Now PlayingISI’s Dan McCarthy sits down with author Daniel J. Flynn to discuss his explosive new biography, The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer (ISI Books, 2025).
Frank Meyer was more than a founding editor at National Review. He was a former Communist turned anti-Communist, a literary mentor to Joan Didion, a political visionary behind fusionism, and a key architect of the postwar conservative movement that shaped Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, and more.
Drawing from newly discovered letters and documents, Flynn reveals the full scope of Meyer’s dramatic life—from radical activism in 1930s England to the philosophical battles within the American Right.
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