From the Source: 'Dawn's Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America'

The book and its forward by J.D. Vance, which has yet to be released, has sparked many comments by those who have yet to read either

By Denise Rivette

There have been a lot of comments and opinions in the news media and social media about the Kevin Roberts book Dawn’s Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America and its introduction written by J.D. Vance. The book is set to be released on September 24 of this year by HarperCollins Publishers (it is available for preorder now through the publisher and Amazon). A search of the internet did not result in the first few pages in reviews or comments by anyone (besides J.D. Vance on X) who claimed to have read an advance copy of the book, so I went to the publisher’s website to learn more about the book. The following is the publisher’s summary and collection of reviews taken directly from the HarperCollins website and presented in their entirety. The descriptions of the review authors are added by me in italics within parentheses.

Dawn's Early Light

Taking Back Washington to Save America

By Kevin Roberts, Foreword by J. D. Vance

Heritage Foundation president and Project 2025 head Kevin Roberts outlines a peaceful "Second American Revolution" for voters looking to shift the power back into the hands of the people.

America is on the brink of destruction. A corrupt and incompetent elite has uprooted our way of life and is brainwashing the next generation. Many so-called conservatives are as culpable as their progressive counterparts.

In this ambitious and provocative book, Heritage Foundation President Dr. Kevin Roberts announces the arrival of a New Conservative Movement. His message is simple: Global elites — your time is up.

Dawn’s Early Light blazes a promising path for the American people to take back their country. Chapter by chapter, it identifies institutions that conservatives need to build, others that we need to take back, and more still that are too corrupt to save: Ivy League colleges, the FBI, the New York Times, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Department of Education, BlackRock, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Endowment for Democracy, to name a few.

All these need to be dissolved if the American way of life is to be passed down to future generations.

The good news is, we’re going to win.

The Swamp is so drunk on power that the elites don't realize the ground is moving beneath their feet. In Washington, they wear foreign flags on their lapels, but they don’t protect our border. They wave around the Constitution, but they don’t respect its wisdom. They appeal to Reagan, but Reagan would never put up with this non-sense.

Their decadence will be their downfall. A new day is here.

Reviews:

• Never before has a figure with Roberts’s depth and stature within the American Right tried to articulate a genuinely new future for conservatism... We are now all realizing that it’s time to circle the wagons and load the muskets. In the fights that lie ahead, these ideas are an essential weapon. — Senator (and Vice Presidential candidate) JD Vance

• “There aren’t many public policy executives in Washington who actually understand where the world is going or why. In fact, I’ve met just one: Kevin Roberts of The Heritage Foundation. This is his plan to save America. It’s deep and wise.” — Tucker Carlson (Political commentator and writer)

• “Any American who wants to understand how we the people can restore America and usher in its greatest era should read Dr. Kevin Roberts’ new book, Dawn’s Early Light. Dr. Roberts brilliantly explains how decades of weak leadership, elitism, leftist ideology, and moral decay has led to America’s steep decline and how the American people can turn it around. Dawn’s Early Light is the roadmap we need to get America back on track.” — Newt Gingrich (Former speaker of the United States House of Representatives)

• “Kevin Roberts has written a moving book. His stories of his life and learning move one to sympathy, but that is not what he seeks. He seeks rather to move us to move, move back to our roots, move away from the corruption that surrounds us, that threatens our country, that threatens our freedom and our families. Read this book and get ready to move. Kevin shows the path.” — Dr. Larry Arnn (President of Hillsdale College)

• “In a world dominated by global elites, Kevin Roberts presents a refreshing take on conservatism, championing an America First agenda and offering innovative solutions to our present and future challenges. His book brims with transformative ideas, serving as indispensable tools in the battles ahead, while painting a hopeful vision for a reinvigorated America.” — KT McFarland (American political commentator, civil servant, author, and former political candidate)