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

Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
ISBN-10
1568584121
ISBN-13
9781568584126
Series
Before the Storm
Category
Political Science
Pages
704
Language
English
Published
2009-03-17
Publisher
Bold Type Books
Author
Rick Perlstein

Description

In an astute and surprising history of the 1960s as the cradle of the conservative movement, Perlstein's gutsy narrative history profiles the rise of Barry Goldwater, the rich, handsome Arizona Republican who scorned the federal bureaucracy and despised liberals on sight.16 pp. of photos.

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