Left and Right, Page by Page

Exit Right by Daniel Oppenheimer traces the path of six influential men, including Ronald Reagan and Christopher Hitchens, who moved from the left to the right, in ideological shifts that changed “the contours of American politics.”

Why Liberals Win the Culture Wars (Even When They Lose Elections) by Stephen Prothero finds a pattern in centuries’ worth of American culture wars, instigated–and, according to the author, predictably lost–by the right.

Why the Right Went Wrong by E.J. Dionne Jr. starts at the Goldwater movement to follow widening divisions within the Republican Party–and to make a case that both parties have a lot of work to do.