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  • Paperback: 880 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (August 11, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1476782423
  • ISBN-13: 978-1476782423
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129 of 154 people found the following review helpful
Perlstein Does It Again!
By Jason Rhode on August 5, 2014
Format: Hardcover
It's hard not to be impressed with Rick Perlstein. In his third book in a trilogy, Perlstein combines impressive scholarship with a fine eye to the telling detail. The writing is lucid, brilliant, witty; every sentence is a fencing touch. By now the facts of Reagan's climb to power are well known, enshrined in a thousand hagiographies, which do no justice to anyone involved on either side. Most historians are content to simply recycle through the same old statements: this many electoral votes there, this anecdote here, this bill passed, this meeting held. Perlstein goes beyond this.

More than that, Perlstein avoid the pitfalls so common to historical writing, the tendency to recite facts and do nothing else. Perlstein, in a non-partisan way, tells us not just what happened, but why it happened; when he speaks to us of *how* it occurred, what we hear are not the dry recitations of received wisdom but the vital meat of *what actually happened*. This is history in the realest sense, in the best sense, a literal "finding-out," a narrative.

The surprising tendency of partisan hacks to find offense in a nutshell and quarrel in a mirror should surprise no one. Conservatism was an intellectual movement once, and the intelligent conservative will find nothing here false. When Perlstein began his trilogy on the rise of conservatism, he found its luminaries ready to talk: they'd all too often been forgotten or had their parts simplified in a long, triumphal narrative arc. Their struggles, losses, and victories had been reduced to the stuff of vaudeville; like anyone, they wanted an honest recounting of their story, not in a way designed to serve any particular party but as a lesson to the ages.Read more ›
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74 of 88 people found the following review helpful
A must for anyone who wants to really understand the tenor of the times we live in today
By Victor Harbison on August 5, 2014
Format: Hardcover
I am a high school history teacher and nothing I have read in the past ten years has had a more profound impact on how I see and teach history than the three books Rick Perlstein has written. The Invisible bridge is an amazing book that really achieves something. What that something is, I am still struggling to put into words, but that something is profound.
Let me put it this way. I lived through what the book covers and after reading it, I have a better understanding of myself. Does that make any sense?
For example the parts of the book that deal with the CIA and the outrage in congress (the Church Committee) and in the public at large. Look at how differently we handle/react to similar CIA misdeeds today.
This book is a great read, a must for anyone who wants to really understand the tenor of the times we live in today.
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49 of 58 people found the following review helpful
How the Political West was Won by an Actor from California
By Mathlete on August 6, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Wonder Why Politicians Say "America is the Greatest Country in the History of the World"? This book weaves together a political journey to explain why. The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan, is a well written book that borderlines between a great historical nonfiction and enlightening political science textbook detailing how the so-called political west was won by Ronald Reagan.

In the The Invisible Bridge, author Rick Perlstein presents a great storyline of how American politics changed during the tumultuous times after the end of the Vietnam War, resignation of former president Richard Nixon, and how an unlikely B movie actor from California saw an opening in the desires of the hearts of many Americans.

I am far from being a card carrying Republican or tree hugging liberal, but this book is not written by a political pundit looking to push an agenda. For those who have read Rick Perlstein's other book, Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America, you will be pleased to see that he uses the same rigor of retelling the behind the scenes history of the day while laying out a detailed narrative for the reader. This book can be best described in a single word - Compelling!

The deft and density of the book is slightly overwhelming. At almost 900 pages, there were times where it seemed like I had not made a dent in finishing it. However, you will also find yourself not wanting to stop at the end of a chapter for wanting to see how this real-world behind the scenes narrative unfolds.

I am not a history buff or historian.Read more ›
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56 of 67 people found the following review helpful
Reagan before he became REAGAN
By Enjolras TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on August 6, 2014
Format: Kindle Edition
Rick Perlstein continues his epic history of the American conservative movement with “Invisible Bridge,” which covers the transition from Nixon to Reagan. Perlstein’s previous book, “Nixonland,” ended with the 1972 presidential election, so this book continues with the aftermath, including Watergate. It then covers the Ford presidency and his struggles with the right, particularly over foreign policy. Finally, it concludes with the 1976 Republican primary. However, the larger story of the book is Ronald Reagan’s rise from conservative activist and politician to undisputed champion of the movement. The book interlaces chapters about Reagan’s own past with the chapters about the events 1970s.

One of Perlstein’s strengths as a historian is showing readers the essence of the political cleavages in America during various points in time. In “Nixonland,” it was the Franklins versus the Orthogonians. In “Invisible Bridge,” it’s between the “suspicious circles” who have learned to distrust government in the wake of Watergate versus those “super patriots” who yearn for a return to innocence. It’s perhaps a bit too easy to see our current political cleavages mirrored in the debates of the 1970s.

Perlstein uses this framing device to show why Reagan was such an effective politician and appealed to those yearning for innocence. For readers (like me) who do not have personal memories of the Reagan administration, this perspective is invaluable. I’d always been told that Reagan was “the great communicator,” and indeed he could give a speech. However, Reagan’s appeal goes much deeper. His refusal to disavow Nixon for Watergate and his insistence on a moralistic foreign policy were not born of political naiveté.Read more ›
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Each of Perlstein's books gets worse

I read Before The Storm and thought it was great. Nixonland I thought was ok. The Invisible Bridge is kind of a floundering mess. Read more

Published 14 days ago by Ferdinando
Mistakes were made!

Mistakes were made! Several errors including "Georgia governor George Wallace" (p.520) and others impair credibility.

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Everything was as promised

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Overlong Yet Brilliant Analysis of the Birth of the New Right

Historically, the seventies in America encompassed two distinct eras that defy definition by decade. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Stan Prager
Great Historical Read

This book covers a time period that is still fresh in my memory, and I enjoy how this book fills in the blanks as I recall this era in politics. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Billinalaska
In the meantime the "read" is terrific and full of details and now did...

Invisible Bridge is the third volume of Pearlstein's comprehensive study of the rise of the most "conservative" forces which took control of the Republican Party in the... Read more

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One Star

If you like Reagan and are a conservative, avoid this book

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My all-time favorite president! It's my personal belief that Mr...

My all-time favorite president! It's my personal belief that Mr Perlstein likes former president Reagan, although Mr Perlstein can be overly-critical at... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Tony Meyer
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excellent

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