Why do U.S. conservatives hate the French? Conservative animosity toward a country ... This proved difficult and quelling a fierce Islamic-led insurgency proved impossible. Eight years of war and ...

Like a lot of political vocabulary—see also: "left" and "right"—the political meaning of "conservative" came as a result of the French Revolution of 1789, when democratic radicals deposed the ...

who criticized Burke's opposition to the French Revolution. What, Paine asked, are you actually for? Like American conservatives who proclaim their commitment to "conservative values" in a society ...

Anne McElvoy on how the French Revolution made Edmund Burke champion British traditions.