It's been one of the hottest books of the year, on the New York Times best-sellers list for months, and now Mark Levin's "Liberty and Tyranny," has sold one million copies.
Levin is talk radio's fastest-growing superstar and his love of America and the legacy of the Founding Fathers comes shining through in "Liberty and Tyranny," described as "a new manifesto for the conservative movement for the 21st century."
Louise Burke, vice president for Threshold Editions, today confirmed the clarion call to conservative America has reached the rare publishing milestone.
It was just six months when the book first appeared, debuting at No. 1 on the New York Times list, spending 12 weeks at No. 1 and remaining in the Top Ten ever since.
"Just as Barry Goldwater's 'Conscience of a Conservative' articulated conservative principles in the 1960s, 'Liberty and Tyranny' is the modern conservative movement's roadmap back to its principled roots, and an action plan for returning conservatives to elective office in the years to come," the publisher says.
Levin is president of Landmark Legal Foundation. His previous books, "Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America," and "Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish, both reached No. 3 on the "New York Times" best-seller list.
He has worked as an attorney in the private sector and as a top adviser and administrator to several members of President Reagan's cabinet. He holds a B.A. from Temple University and a J.D. from Temple University School of Law.
According to WND columnist David Limbaugh, "Liberty and Tyranny" is "a masterful restatement of conservative principles that is succinct (205 pages) and yet comprehensive. It is thoughtful and deep but highly readable. It is timely yet timeless.
"Conservatism is under attack from puffed-up liberals, feeling their oats with the ascendancy of President Barack Obama and the huge Democratic congressional majorities, and from a disgruntled group of conservatives who believe that conservatism, to remain politically effective, needs a face-lift," Limbaugh wrote.
"Liberal columnists are writing with unrestrained glee about conservatism's internecine wars, and conservatives are engaged in intramural debates about which principles and policies conservatives should be promoting. Levin's book will go a long way toward muting the liberals' premature gloating and refuting the arguments of those who, perhaps with good intentions, would hijack conservatism from within and transform it into liberalism lite, all in the name of political pragmatism," he said.
Levin's book argues in the face of the modern assault on Constitution-based values, an attack that has steadily snowballed since President Roosevelt's New Deal of the 1930s and resulted in a federal government that is a massive, unaccountable conglomerate, the time for re-enforcing the intellectual and practical case for conservatism is now.
He writes conservative beliefs in individual freedoms do, in the end, stand for liberty for all Americans, while liberal dictates lead to the breakdown of civilized society – in short, tyranny.
Looking back to look to the future, Levin writes "conservatism is the antidote to tyranny precisely because its principles are our founding principles." And in a series of powerful essays, Levin lays out how conservatives can counter the liberal corrosion that has filtered into every timely issue affecting our daily lives, from the economy to health care, global warming, immigration, and more – and illustrates how change, as seen through the conservative lens, is always prudent, and always an enhancement to individual freedom.
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