A Glorious Disaster: Barry Goldwater's Presidential Campaign and the Origins of the Conservative Movement
by J. William Middendorf II
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Author: J. William Middendorf IIEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-11-30
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 303
Publisher: Basic Books
Book Reviews of A Glorious Disaster: Barry Goldwater's Presidential Campaign and the Origins of the Conservative Movement
Book Review: He Lost Me At Hello
Summary: 3 Stars
It is a great subject, told by an insider. But the book is a disappointment with little detail on many major points.
Middendorf quickly berates the Eastern establishment Republicans of Rockefeller, Henry Cabot Lodge and the like. But as soon as he starts talking about himself, you realize the author is a traitor to his class because he is one of those Republicans. That fact resounds throughout the book and is never even addressed by the author.
Nor is the change that Kennedy's murder brought upon the country and Goldwater's campaign. The author glosses over all of that.
The book reminds us why Rockefeller's divorce was such a big thing against him. Even in those days, divorce was no big thing. But having your new wife desert her family does not win you political admiration.
None of the reviewers talk about the large section of the book devoted to Nixon and the 1968 campaign. He ignores the Vietnam war in that section, barely mentions Bobby Kennedy and omits Gene McCarthy.
Just like Goldwater ignored his political-savvy staff, the author probably ignored his editors in order to write the book the way he wanted to. The result is a big disappointment.
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