false 138349 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 138349 3 795031 15 4 2002 Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus total:99|5:54|4:38|3:5|2:2|1:0| 99 441 203 25 80026 4.23 571 190 64030932 2535996 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.46 91 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 5 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 18 17:38:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 14:05:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 35787520 738314 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 5 1 false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 20 14:26:30 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 21 13:42:08 -0800 2008
In this magnificent book, Rick Perlstein details seemingly every skirmish, conspiracy, and speech in the conservative movement's cam...more...]]> 11141002 261582 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 4 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 28 06:26:34 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 10:10:14 -0800 2007 more...]]> 63932425 2515885 4438998 1568584121 9781568584126 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4438998.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.25 4 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering. These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller]]> 2002 4 0 false Fri Jul 17 19:22:20 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 19:26:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 31692983 1153414 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 4 0 false Sun Aug 31 20:32:05 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 20:38:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 29150322 1389172 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 5 1 false Sun Aug 03 15:09:46 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 10:04:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 70896718 1676770 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 5 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 17:01:03 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 19:13:10 -0700 2009
A favorite passage: "Then Ronald Reagan spoke. He was just as angry. But he made you want to stand right alongsid...more...]]> 24011676 1053926 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 4 0 false Sat Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 16:31:17 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 16:38:55 -0700 2008 Anyhow, all I knew about Barry Goldwa...more...]]> 23084481 1095506 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 4 0 false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue May 27 17:59:21 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 09 20:45:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 22010176 917171 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 5 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 23:57:30 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 00:02:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 58719771 1056509 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 5 0 false Sat Jun 06 23:36:24 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 23:38:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 28126350 903346 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 2 0 false Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 20:26:05 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 19:38:39 -0700 2008 Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1972 in that, books about one election, especially one party, are so overly detailed in all these primary characters that are not really int...more...]]> 43306752 1945066 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 5 0 false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 16 19:08:10 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 07 14:47:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 21332160 68420 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 2 0 false Thu Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 11:26:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 18:20:08 -0700 2008 Before the Storm covers the conservative movement from 1959 to the presidential election of 1964. It does so in excruciating detail. Over 500 pages of it. Unfortunately, there is little context or analysis provided. Conservative politics is largely ignored in histories of the
sixties, so ...more...]]> 5278996 319901 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 4 0 false Thu Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Aug 29 05:23:05 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 25 04:58:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 42058211 1869581 809090 080902859X 9780809028597 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178580367m/809090.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178580367s/809090.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/809090.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.50 4 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering. These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller]]> 2002 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 05 21:54:18 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 21:55:39 -0800 2009 61503896 1448416 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 5 0 false Mon Jun 29 09:10:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:11:06 -0700 2009 36691349 930974 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

]]> 2002 4 0 false Sat Nov 01 12:06:42 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 12:12:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 7267349 448719 138349 0809028581 9780809028580 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005m/138349.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094005s/138349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm_Barry_Goldwater_and_the_Unmaking_of_the_American_Consensus 4.45 99 It was learning how to act: how letters got written, how doors got knocked on, how co-workers could be won over on the coffee break, how to print a bumper sticker and how to pry one off with a razor blade; how to put together a network whose force exceeded the sum of its parts by orders of magnitude; how to talk to a reporter, how to picket, and how, if need be, to infiltrate--how to make the anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

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These were practical lessons that anybody in politics must pick up. For conservatives, the rough indoctrination came in 1964, and Perlstein (who is not a conservative) tells their story in detail and with panache. Before the Storm is not a history of conservative ideas (for that, read The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, by George Nash), but a chronicle of how these ideas began to matter in politics. The victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980--to say nothing of Newt Gingrich in 1994 and George W. Bush in 2000--might not have been possible without the glorious failure of Barry Goldwater in 1964. As Perlstein writes, "You lost in 1964. But something remained after 1964: a movement. An army. An army that could lose a battle, suck it up, regroup, then live to fight a thousand battles more." --John J. Miller

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