Karl Rove recommends five historical works that define, for him, the essence of American Conservatism.

Conservative broadcaster, former Arkansas governor, and possible 2012 contender challenges the concept of the elite and says that faith alone, without action, is meaningless

The Washington Post columnist and senior fellow at Brookings questions what has happened to the intellectual humility that led to the growth of American Conservatism

The Hoover Institution scholar explores five books that he believes teach us something about how we are “failing to understand, appreciate and defend our liberty”

Modern conservatism is being driven by an historically unlikely coalition of libertarians and traditionalists, says the vice-president for research at the Cato Institute.

The CNN columnist and former speechwriter for George W Bush, David Frum, recommends five conservative books that transformed the way we think about fundamental problems.

The leading Conservative strategist and Head of Americans for Tax Reform argues that liberals actively undermine what makes America great. He chooses five books to better understand conservative America

The Founder and Editor of National Affairs Magazine speculates how the founding fathers of Conservatism might have been nervous about Sarah Palin and the Tea Party movement

Editor of The New York Times Book Review explains how the American right reinvented itself as a cultural counter-revolution and selects five books as backgrounders to Conservatism, including Updike and and Bellow

The Governor of Indiana promotes a new philosophy of libertarianism and selects the books that have influenced him most.