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Russell Kirk (1918-1994) is one of the most prominent, post-World War II, American conservative thinkers. Indeed, most histories of the American conservative movement begin in 1945. It may be remembered that, in 1945, the entire "right-wing option" stood as discredited in the eyes of most ...