num_pages: 672
description: 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.
language: English
title: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
titlecomplete: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
characters: Roger Milliken, Nelson Rockefeller, Stephen Shadegg, John J. Rhodes, Barry Goldwater, L. Brent Bozell, Jr., Pat Brown, John Lindsay, Lyndon B. Johnson, William Scranton, Phyllis Schlafly, Richard Nixon, Paul Fannin, Douglas Caddy, F. Clifton White, Herbert Kohler, Everett Dirksen
genres: United States, History, American History, The United States Of America, Biography, Audiobook, American, Nonfiction, Political Science, Politics
ratings_count: 4116
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: History
publisher: Hill and Wang