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{{Infobox person
| name = James Burnham
| image = James Burnham 1.jpg
| birth_date = November 22, 1905
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois
| death_date = July 29, 1987
| death_place = Kent, Connecticut<ref name=obit>{{cite web |last1=Uhlig |first1=Mark |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/30/obituaries/james-burnham-is-dead-at-82-founder-of-national-review.html |title=JAMES BURNHAM IS DEAD AT 82; FOUNDER OF NATIONAL REVIEW |work=[[New York Times]] |date=July 30, 1987 }}</ref>
| nationality = American
| spouse = Marcia Lightner<ref>[http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=66]</ref>
| religion =
}}
'''James Burnham''' (November 22, 1905 - July 29, 1987) was a leading American conservative of the 1950s, and an editor of ''[[National Review]]'' magazine.
'''James Burnham''' (November 22, 1905 - July 29, 1987) was a leading American conservative of the 1950s, and an editor of ''[[National Review]]'' magazine.
==Death and Legacy==
==Death and Legacy==
Burnham passed away from cancer on July 29, 1987.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Uhlig |first1=Mark |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/30/obituaries/james-burnham-is-dead-at-82-founder-of-national-review.html |title=JAMES BURNHAM IS DEAD AT 82; FOUNDER OF NATIONAL REVIEW |work=[[New York Times]] |date=July 30, 1987 }}</ref> Upon his passing, [[William F. Buckley]] and [[Ronald Reagan]] both expressed deep sadness.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Buckley|first1=William F.|title=Miles Gone By: A Literary Autobiography |date=2012|publisher=Regnery Publishing|pages=289–290}}</ref><ref>http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/072987d.htm</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Reagan|first1=Ronald|title=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1987 |pages=895|quote=Nancy and I have learned with deep sadness of the passing of James Burnham. Mr. Burnham, the author of seminal works, like ''The Managerial Revolution'' and ''The Suicide of the West,'' and a senior editor of the National Review, was one of those principally responsible for the great intellectual odyssey of our century: the journey away from totalitarian statism and towards the uplifting doctrines of freedom.}}</ref>
Burnham passed away from cancer on July 29, 1987.<ref name=obit /> Upon his passing, [[William F. Buckley]] and [[Ronald Reagan]] both expressed deep sadness.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Buckley|first1=William F.|title=Miles Gone By: A Literary Autobiography |date=2012|publisher=Regnery Publishing|pages=289–290}}</ref><ref>http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/072987d.htm</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Reagan|first1=Ronald|title=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1987 |pages=895|quote=Nancy and I have learned with deep sadness of the passing of James Burnham. Mr. Burnham, the author of seminal works, like ''The Managerial Revolution'' and ''The Suicide of the West,'' and a senior editor of the National Review, was one of those principally responsible for the great intellectual odyssey of our century: the journey away from totalitarian statism and towards the uplifting doctrines of freedom.}}</ref>
Historian [[George H. Nash]] argues that ''Congress and the American Tradition'' is "one of the most penetrating works of political analysis produced by conservatives since [[World War II]]."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=z9hqlf1HIZIC&pg=PR24 Introduction]</ref>
Historian [[George H. Nash]] argues that ''Congress and the American Tradition'' is "one of the most penetrating works of political analysis produced by conservatives since [[World War II]]."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=z9hqlf1HIZIC&pg=PR24 Introduction]</ref>