Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus by Rick Perlstein

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

Rick Perlstein

671 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 moc...

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informative 100%
challenging 41%
reflective 37%
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funny 6%
adventurous 3%
tense 3%

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