Weisberg, not incidentally, is working on his own Reagan biography, but there’s something much deeper than preemptive turf war tensions brewing between them. 15, linking to his response to a review by Jacob Weisberg in the journal Democracy.
“My stupidest reviews come from centrists desperate to cling to myth of a sensible right,” he tweeted on Dec. Perlstein, understandably, has picked up on it. A bogus plagiarism charge was even mounted to not only muddy the waters, but to actually try to prevent publication of his work.īecause the shift in conservatives’ attitudes has been so dramatic, fewer have noticed how others have also shifted. Barry Goldwater had long been a neglected, if not a forgotten historical figure, and Perlstein’s sharply observed account of his turn at the apex of American politics earned wide praise from conservatives for exactly the same reason that his account of Reagan’s rise has earned such enmity. It’s not that Perlstein has changed, but the stature of his subject matter most certainly has. Weigel’s summary goes to the heart of why Rick Perlstein’s latest book, " The Invisible Bridge," has been received so differently from his first two histories of modern conservatism. Goldwater, Nixon, Reagan-Perlstein has moved from covering a minor saint, to a martyr, to God.
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