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Drawing from his comprehensive, star-studded course at the Citadel, Mallory Factor, the New York Times bestselling author of Shadowbosses, brings together a fascinating and diverse range of essays from leading figures and activists which explore and illuminate the conservative intellectual tradition in American politics.Ambitious in its breadth and depth, The Big Tent is a panoramic portrait of the intellectual history of the conservative movement. Some of the leading lights of the right offer an unparalleled introduction to conservative figures and ideas, from the Revolution to William F. Buckley; Barry Goldwater to the Reagan Revolution; Libertarianism to the War on Terror.Insightful and stimulating, The Big Tent is an outstanding survey of the movement over three centuries.
About the Author
Mallory Factor is the John C. West Professor of International Politics and American Government at The Citadel and is a FOX News contributor. He is a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University's Department of Political Science and International Studies for the 2014-15 academic year.
Mallory Factor is the editor of Big Tent: The Story of the Conservative Revolution--As Told by the Thinkers and Doers Who Made It Happen, based on his highly successful C-Span lecture series which was broadcast from The Citadel.
Mallory is also the author of the New York Times Bestseller SHADOWBOSSES, the shocking new exposé of government employee union power in America today. SHADOWBOSSES tells a story of intrigue, drama, and corruption and reads like an organized crime novel. But it is a true story of how unions are infiltrating our government and corrupting our political process.
Mallory is the host and co-founder of The New York Meeting (www.thenewyorkmeeting.com) , a nationally-recognized gathering of elected officials, journalists, business leaders and conservative authors in New York City, the largest meeting of its type in the country. He is also the host and co-founder of The Charleston Meeting, a similar meeting in Charleston, South Carolina.
Mallory is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served as Vice-Chair of the Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on Terrorism Financing. He has frequently testified in front of the U.S. House and the Senate on terror financing, regulation of the financial services industry and other economic issues.
Previously, he served as chairman of the Free Enterprise Fund, a free market "do" tank advocating economic growth, lower taxes and limited government, and brought the Constitutional challenge to the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to the Supreme Court.
Mallory was a senior fellow at the House Republican Study Committee from 2007 to 2011, and he chaired the Economic Roundtable for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2009.
He has written widely on economic and financial issues for publications including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, and newspapers nationwide. He has also appeared on numerous networks and cable stations including Fox News and CNBC to discuss finance and politics.
You can learn more about Mallory Factor and read his articles at www.malloryfactor.com.
