Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus - Softcover

Perlstein, Rick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809028581 ISBN 13: 9780809028580

Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub, 2002

Synopsis

A vivid account of the birth of modern conservatism retraces the efforts of William F. Buckley, the John Birch Society, thousands of students, and Barry Goldwater to introduce a new strand of conservative thought to American politics. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Combining prodigious research with journalistic flair, Rick Perlstein. . .has produced a detailed and dramatic narrative of the rise of the modern right...It's an amazing story, and Perlstein, a man of the left, does it justice."--William Kristol, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Daring, virtuosic writing, and encyclopedic mastery make . . . [Before the Storm] one of the most stylish, riveting achievements in narrative history to appear in years . . . An exciting volume, an outstanding debut. It goes beyond conservatism. It ups the ante on what popular history can, and should, do."--Mark Greif, "The Village Voice"

About the Author:

Rick Perlstein writes for The Nation, Slate, and The New York Times. He was named one of The Village Voice's Writers on the Verge in 2000 and received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for independent scholars. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0809028581
• ISBN 13: 9780809028580
• Binding: Paperback