 
In Up From Liberalism, renowned conservative thinker William F. Buckley presents a scathing critique of the dominant political ideology of his time: modern American liberalism. Buckley argues that the attenuation of America's founding principles has left the nation vulnerable to the opportunistic and decadent ideology of liberalism, which he sees as a powerful but ultimately flawed and destructive force. He calls for a revival of conservatism, not as a rigid dogma, but as a principled and pragmatic approach to addressing the challenges facing the nation.