In the post-World War II era, several great thinkers became prompted with the idea to record their personal philosophical principles. The question remains, "how does one discover the paths between intellectual and political beliefs and distinguish their intersection? It is here, in these works, where seven great scholars -- Russel Kirk, Richard Weaver, Frank S. Meyer, Willmore Kendall, Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, and Ludwig von Mises - provide the distinction. Each of these men although very different from the other, shared a 'philosophical core' which bonded them together ....It is in these last works which describe the men who were part of a nucleus, which set the wheels of the American Conservative Movement into motion." -- Book jacket