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'''''A Choice, Not An Echo''''' is a [[book]] by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] published in the summer of 1964, which became an instant classic of [[conservative]] political writing.  In 2023, ''[[National Review]]'' called this book the "canonical text of [[movement conservative|movement conservatism]]."<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chris-christies-straight-talk/</ref>  It describes the perennial struggle between the [[Establishment]] and [[conservative]] wings in nominating the [[Republican Party]] candidate for president.  '''''This book was also one of the first criticisms of what is now called the [[Deep State]]'''''.  It became a runaway bestseller as 3 million copies were sold.

'''''A Choice, Not An Echo''''' is a [[book]] by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] published in the summer of 1964, which became an instant classic of [[conservative]] political writing.  In 2023, ''[[National Review]]'' called this book the "canonical text of [[movement conservative|movement conservatism]]."<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chris-christies-straight-talk/</ref>  It describes the perennial struggle between the [[Establishment]] and [[conservative]] wings in nominating the [[Republican Party]] candidate for president.  '''''This book was also one of the first criticisms of what is now called the [[Deep State]]'''''.  It became a runaway bestseller as 3 million copies were sold.

This book set the intellectual foundation for [[conservative populism]] that became increasingly dominant in [[American]] politics, as exemplified by the nomination and election of [[Donald Trump]] as president. As observed by the ''[[Rolling Stones]]'': {{cquote|In a January 2017 profile, ''The New York Times'' noted that during high school [future Alabama Sen. Jeff] Sessions became enamored with [[Phyllis Schlafly]]’s ''A Choice Not an Echo'', which highlighted the schism between the Republican Party establishment of Nelson Rockefeller and its right wing. The book, noted the ''Times'', rallied conservatives to “topple the party’s kingmakers and compromisers,” laying the groundwork for Barry Goldwater, and foreshadowing what would come decades later with the rise of the Tea Party and Donald Trump.<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/the-trials-of-jeff-sessions-trumps-radical-attorney-general-198536/ (Aug. 4, 2017)</ref>}}

This book set the intellectual foundation for [[conservative populism]] that became increasingly dominant in [[American]] politics, as exemplified by the nomination and election of [[Donald Trump]] as president. As observed by the ''[[Rolling Stones]]'': {{cquote|In a January 2017 profile, ''The New York Times'' noted that during high school [future Alabama Sen. Jeff] Sessions became enamored with [[Phyllis Schlafly]]’s ''A Choice Not an Echo'', which highlighted the schism between the Republican Party establishment of Nelson Rockefeller and its right wing. The book, noted the ''Times'', rallied conservatives to “topple the party’s [[kingmakers]] and compromisers,” laying the groundwork for Barry Goldwater, and foreshadowing what would come decades later with the rise of the Tea Party and Donald Trump.<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/the-trials-of-jeff-sessions-trumps-radical-attorney-general-198536/ (Aug. 4, 2017)</ref>}}

[[Movement conservative]] [[Robert Novak]] said about this book:

[[Movement conservative]] [[Robert Novak]] said about this book:

{{cquote|One of the best written, most interesting, fascinating pieces of political advocacy that I have ever read in my life.}}

{{cquote|One of the best written, most interesting, fascinating pieces of political advocacy that I have ever read in my life.}}