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'''''A Choice, Not An Echo''''' is a [[book]] by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] published in 1964.  The book is considered a classic of [[conservative]] political writing.  It describes the perennial struggle between the [[Establishment]] and [[conservative]] wings in nominating the [Republican Party]] candidate for president.

'''''A Choice, Not An Echo''''' is a [[book]] by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] published in 1964.  The book is considered a classic of [[conservative]] political writing.  It describes the perennial struggle between the [[Establishment]] and [[conservative]] wings in nominating the [[Republican Party]] candidate for president.

In 1964, the conservative wing was on the rise within the Republican Party, culminating in the campaign of [[Barry Goldwater]] for [[President of the United States]].  The book ''A Choice Not An Echo'' detailed how the liberal "Rockefeller Republican" wing of the Republican Party had manipulated the Republican Party's choice of nominees in several elections to nominate people like [[Wendell Willkie]] and [[Dwight Eisenhower]], and called on conservatives to rally against the liberal wing and offer a true conservative for the nomination.  Hence, the title of the book.  Millions of copies of this book were bought and distributed by supporters of Goldwater, making it one of the all time best selling conservative political books in the United States.  The book helped launch the career of Phyllis Schlafly as a conservative activist.

The book was written in 1964, and created space within the Republican Party for the modern conservative movement that would more fully define itself by stopping the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] in the 1970s. The book helped secure the remarkable nomination of the firebrand [[Barry Goldwater]] for [[President of the United States]].  The book detailed how the liberal "Rockefeller Republican" wing of the Republican Party had manipulated the Republican Party's choice of nominees in prior national conventions to nominate people like [[Wendell Willkie]] and [[Dwight Eisenhower]], and called on conservatives to rally against the liberal wing and offer a true conservative for the nomination.  Hence, the title of the book.  Millions of copies of this book were bought and distributed by supporters of Goldwater, making it one of the all-time best selling conservative political books in the United States.  The book helped launch the career of Phyllis Schlafly as a conservative activist.

It was published by Pere Marquette Press, ISBN 0-686-11486-8.

It was published by Pere Marquette Press, ISBN 0-686-11486-8.

[[Category: Books|Choice, Not An Echo]]

[[Category: Books|Choice, Not An Echo]]