Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America

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&“A magnificent achievement—a long, gripping, and enthralling account of the life of America&’s premier conservative polemicist of the twentieth century.&”—Max Boot, author of Reagan: His Life and Legend&“Exposes the roots of the modern conservative movement . . . authoritative . . . As Buckley&’s only authorized biographer, Tanenhaus draws from troves of his private papers and extensive interviews with the man himself.&”—The New York TimesIn 1951, with the publication of God and Man at Yale, a scathing attack on his alma mater, twenty-five-year-old William F. Buckley, Jr., seized the public stage—and commanded it for the next half century as he led a new generation of conservative activists and ideologues to the peak of political power and cultural influence.Ten years before his death in 2008, Buckley chose prize-winning biographer Sam Tanenhaus to tell the full, uncensored story of his life and times, granting him extensive interviews and exclusive access to his most private papers. Thus began a deep investigation into the vast and often hidden universe of Bill Buckley and the modern conservative revolution.Buckley vividly captures its subject in all his facets and phases: founding editor of National Review, the twentieth century&’s most influential political journal; syndicated columnist, Emmy-winning TV debater, and bestselling spy novelist; ally of Joseph McCarthy and Barry Goldwater; mentor to Ronald Reagan; game-changing candidate for mayor of New York.Tanenhaus also has uncovered the darker trail of Bill Buckley&’s secret exploits, including CIA missions in Latin America, dark collusions with Watergate felon Howard Hunt, and Buckley&’s struggle in his last years to hold together a movement coming apart over the AIDS epidemic, culture wars, and the invasion of Iraq—even as his own media empire was unraveling.At a crucial moment in American history, Buckley offers a gripping and powerfully relevant story about the birth of modern politics and those who shaped it.
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2025

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Book Size:
1,040 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780593733547
Related ISBNs:
9780375502347, 9798217170586, 9798217170593
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Random House Publishing Group
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Sam Tanenhaus
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government
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