Pronounced dead : the premature obituary of America's longest dying political movement -- Pinched by crabs : among the Benedict Arnolds, backstabbers, bruti, and bums -- Ascended and stalled : adrift on the zephyrs and gusts of the zeitgeist -- Smeared by the smog : the zeitgeist, the kultursmog, and the sidelining of conservatism -- Forged in flames : the battles that gave American conservatism its definition -- Founded on ideas : principles and policies as equipment for the journey -- Planning to prevail : an agenda for a conservative future -- Afterword : for real hope and change.