{"product_id":"9780743203203","title":"Gang of Five : Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Ascendacy","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGang of Five\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Nina J. Easton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGang of Five,\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Nina J. Easton reveals the hidden history of American politics in the last thirty years. It's the story of the \u003ci\u003eother,\u003c\/i\u003e less well-known segment of the baby-boom generation: young conservative activists who arrived on campus in the 1970s in rebellion against everything \"sixties\" and went on to overturn the political dynamics of our country. \u003ci\u003eGang of Five\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the lives and careers of five major figures. \u003cbr\u003e BILL KRISTOL, the Harvard-educated intellectual and \u003ci\u003eWeekly Standard\u003c\/i\u003e publisher \u003cbr\u003e RALPH REED, the hardball politico and strategist for the Christian right \u003cbr\u003e CLINT BOLICK, the constitutional lawyer and \"bleeding heart\" libertarian \u003cbr\u003e GROVER NORQUIST, the anti-tax activist and leader of the so-called vast right-wing conspiracy \u003cbr\u003e DAVID McINTOSH, the fresh-faced congressman and architect of the Right's war on regulation \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGang of Five\u003c\/i\u003e is a major contribution to contemporary history that explains how we arrived at the politics of today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Easton tells this story [of post-Reagan conservatism] more inventively, exhaustively, and entertainingly than anyone else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Easton is a superb reporter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Ms. Easton is the Dian Fossey of conservatism. She marches into conservative hills to reveal the hidden world of these gorillas in the mist to the liberals back in civilization. Her reporting is impressive.\u003cbr\u003eJacob Heilbrunn \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e A winner...Easton unites perceptive analysis with lively prose style.\u003cbr\u003eJoe Klein author of \u003ci\u003ePrimary Colors\u003c\/i\u003e Nina Easton brings a strange and wonderful cast of characters to life in a book that is serious and often hilarious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743203203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40886697361614,"sku":"9780743203203","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_e830b667-afc2-49b8-92ff-a9fcca317bbb.jpg?v=1644577676","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743203203","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}