Preface: The Making of William F. Buckley Jr.

Introduction: The Making of Firing Line : A "Bare Knuckled Intellectual Brawl" with "No Production Values!"

Forging a New Image for the Right : Goldwater, Extremism, and Stylish Conservatism

"Apodictic All the Way Through" : Firing Line Takes on Communism

From "We Shall Overcome" to "Shoot, Don't Loot" : Firing Line Confronts Civil Rights and Black Power

Chivalrous Pugilism : How Firing Line tried to K.O. Women's Lib

Tripping Over Tricky Dick

From the Mashed Potato Circuit to the Oval Office : Ronald Reagan, Firing Line, and the Triumph of the Right

Conclusion: In Praise of Honest Intellectual Combat.