Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
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A bold and astute narrative history of conservatism's climb and one of the best-reviewed books of 2001.
Rick Perlstein's "Before the Storm" tells the story of the rise of the conservative movement in the liberal 1960s — a story that, until this book, had never been told. The figure at the heart of the story is, of course, Barry Goldwater, the handsome renegade Republican from Arizona who loathed the federal government, despised liberals on sight, and mocked "peaceful coexistence" with the USSR. But Perlstein's narrative shines a light on a whole world of conservatives and their antagonists, including William F. Buckley, Nelson Rockefeller, and Bill Moyers. Vividly and thrillingly written, "Before the Storm" is already recognized as an essential book about the 1960s.
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