Full name: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus

Author: Rick Perlstein Year: 2001 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Award winners Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780809028580 9781568584126 0809028581 1568584121

Acclaimed historian Rick Perlstein chronicles the rise of the conservative movement in the liberal 1960s. At the heart of the story is Barry Goldwater, the renegade Republican from Arizona who loathed federal government, despised liberals, and mocked "peaceful coexistence" with the USSR. 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 written, Before the Storm is an essential book about the 1960s. Similar books: They Also Ran by Irving Stone When Presidents Lie by Eric Alterman Legacy by Rich Lowry Tear Down This Myth by Will Bunch Almost President by Scott Farris Landslide by Jonathan Darman The Age of Reagan by Sean Wilentz Frost/Nixon by David Frost 48 Liberal Lies About American History by Larry Schweikart American Dynasty by Kevin Phillips Hillary's America by Dinesh D'Souza Radical Son by David Horowitz The Trial Of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens Shadow by Bob Woodward Miami and the Siege of Chicago by Norman Mailer The Fault in Our Stars by John Green The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins