Before the Storm : Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus (Paperback)

from queencersei

In 1964 the political establishment of both parties were terrified that conservative firebrand Barry Goldwater would sink the Republican party. The Republican establishment tried to rally behind several different candidates to derail Goldwater, to no avail. Out of touch with the mainstream electo...

from gbelik

This is a fascinating tale of how the conservatives seemingly highjacked the Republican party in 1964 to nominate Barry Goldwater for president. The election of that year proved to be a disaster, but, of course, the tale won't end there. The organizations, individuals and ideas taking form in 196...

from Shrike58

Rick Perlstein seems to have never met a political anecdote he didn't like, as this is largely an over-stuffed sandwich of the political anecdotes associated with the rise and fall of Barry Goldwater as a presidential candidate. Perlstein thus takes you from the machinations of the conservative a...

from bontley

Story of the complacent and confident Moderate wing of the Republican party overwhelmed by a vocal and active Conservative minority...in 1964. Good book, sequel (Nixonland) was better and an easier read.

from mattries37315

I bought Before the Storm after reading Perlstein's Nixonland expecting it to be not a prequel, but the first of what will most likely be multi-volume history of the rise of the conservative movement in the United States. Before the Storm not only fulfilled, but exceeded those expectations as one...