Buckley : the life and revolution that changed America / Sam Tanenhaus.
"At age 25 in 1951, with the publication of God and Man at Yale, a scathing attack on his alma mater, William F. Buckley, Jr. instantly seized the public stage-and commanded it for the next half century, leading a new generation of activists and ideologues to the heights of political power while he himself attained unique fame and public influence. Ten years before his death in 2008, Buckley chose prize-winning biographer Sam Tanenhaus to tell the full story of his life and times, granting him extensive interviews, entrée to his intimate circle, and unrestricted access to his most private papers. Thus began a deep investigation into the vast and often hidden universe of Bill Buckley and the conservative revolution. Buckley vividly captures its subject in all his facets and phases-founding editor of National Review, best-selling novelist and memoirist, jet-setting clubman and socialite, downhill skier and sailboat racer, wisecracking candidate for mayor of New York, flamboyant antagonist of James Baldwin and Gore Vidal, mentor and idol to hundreds who today populate the worlds of politics and media. Tanenhaus also reveals the private and at times secret life of Bill Buckley: his backstage collaborations with Senator Joseph McCarthy and Watergate felon Howard Hunt; thorny relationships with Presidents Nixon and Reagan; flirtations with financial ruin and legal censure-and, late in life, Buckley's lonely struggle to hold together a movement coming apart over AIDS, the culture wars, and the invasion of Iraq. Majestic in its sweep, lushly detailed, rich in ideas and argument, packed with news and revelations, Buckley is the definitive account of an American giant and the revolution he led"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780375502347
- ISBN: 0375502343
- Physical Description: xiii, 1018 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Random House, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [869]-980) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Connecticut Yanquis -- Devotions and blasphemies -- Tutorials -- A righteous cause -- Invoking the rules -- Inactive duty -- Full stride -- Causes lost and found -- Chairman Bill -- "We need a brigade of intellectuals" -- An almost perfect match -- Hearts and minds -- Low company -- Closing ranks -- Binges -- Exiles -- Radical conservatives -- Fallen warriors -- Camden in black and white -- Vestigial heat -- Turning the wheels of justice -- Life support -- Comings and goings -- Saving the republic -- Young Americans -- New frontiers -- An amazing man -- Freedom fighters -- Gnostics at the garden -- Slippery slopes -- Buckley for mayor -- Fire and ice -- Under siege -- La politique, c'est moi -- War crimes -- "Is there nothing left of us?" -- "The sweat of idealism" -- Flying blind -- Weak and devious men -- Seductions -- The unquiet grove -- "Bright hour of history" -- "We have a nation to run" -- Dissipations -- Mind of winter.
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