- Politics and government, History, Presidents, Conservatism
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.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and cool.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Rick Perlstein
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 671
- Publisher
- Basic Books, PublicAffairs, Hill and Wang
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780809028580
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