{"product_id":"before-the-storm-rick-perlstein-9781645030850","title":"Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a bestselling historian and journalist, a whirlwind account of how Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential belly flop shaped the political world we know now. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A detailed and dramatic narrative of the rise of the modern right...It's an amazing story, and Perlstein, a man of the left, does it justice.\" --William Kristol, New York Times Book Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the 1950s drew to a close, Americans were confident that impassioned political conflict was a thing of the past. Then, conservatives launched an uprising to eviscerate the centrist consensus. They were determined to see Barry Goldwater--a rich, handsome Arizona Republican who scorned the federal bureaucracy, reviled negotiations with the Communist enemy, and despised liberals on sight--elected president in 1964. Lyndon Johnson trounced him. Within two years, the notion of America as a \"consensus\" society was in tatters. Two decades later, Ronald Reagan was president. By the next decade, Goldwater's ideas had been adopted by Republicans and Democrats alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this engrossing narrative, Rick Perlstein argues that the 1964 election marked a key shift in US politics, the aftershocks of which we're still feeling today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rick Perlstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1645030857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645030850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bold Type Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.62d","brand":"Rick Perlstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623644868863,"sku":"9781645030850","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_079729f4-e10a-4574-97e4-86a27a4dfa6b.jpg?v=1780433701","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-the-storm-rick-perlstein-9781645030850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}