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  • Paperback: 572 pages
  • Publisher: Regnery History (July 6, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 162157458X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1621574583
  • Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 1.6 x 8.8 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsSympathetic, but honest, deep, and well-written.
By David Darlington on December 15, 1999
Format: Paperback
Lee Edwards' biography of Barry Goldwater is obviously sympathetic, but the scholarship is still quite solid. Edwards' sources are strong and diverse: interviews, oral histories, books, manuscripts, government documents, personal papers, etc. Edwards uses particularly well Goldwater's two autobiographies: 1979's With No Apologies and 1988's Goldwater (with Jack Casserly). Edwards dives into these books, comparing and contrasting, and comes up with some great insights.
Edwards is obviously a conservative and Goldwater sympathizer, but that doesn't detract from the book significantly. Two small areas where it does: (1) his treatment of the booing of Nelson Rockefeller at the GOP convetion is *very* confusing. He tries to say how Goldwater is not to blame, but ends up ruining the whole narrative. I actually had to consult Theodore White's "Making of the President, 1964" to figure out what really happened. (2) Some of his terms might be considered offensive (ie. Edwards has harsh words for homosexuals). In general, however, Edwards stays well away from mushy admiration for Goldwater and the other extreme, outright hatred, which you might get from some liberals. The result is a sympathetic, but honest and comprehensive account of Goldwater's life, and an effort to put his life into some overall framework.
(Addendum) 1/14/2002. The recent publication of Rick Perlstein's "Before the Storm" gives Goldwater readers an absolutely unbiased history of Goldwater and the conservative movement. If Edwards is a bit too partisan for you, I suggest that one instead.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Fascinating Book About a Man and a Movement
By A Customer on January 13, 1999
Format: Paperback
Lee Edwards has written a book that is not only a biography of Goldwater but is also a history of the conservative revolution that he created beginning in the late 1950s. Edwards traces Goldwater's political rise in Arizona, his rise in the US Senate as America's leading conservative in the early 1960s his presidential campaign and loss to Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and his work afterwards to maintain and expand the conservative movement he helped create. Edwards traces the links between Goldwater's activities in the 1960s and the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s showing how Goldwater brought many leading conservatives into the ranks of the Republican party. Regardless of your political affiliation this is a great book, and if you want to understand where the Republicans of today come read this book to find out.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA look into the life of an honest person
By Doug Erlandson TOP 50 REVIEWER on May 1, 2013
Format: Hardcover
In 1962 I was a sophomore in high school. This was also the year I became aware of politics, economics, and social issues. I soon became an ardent supporter of Barry Goldwater, so much so that my nickname my last two years of high school was "Barry." When I went to college in the fall of 1964 less than two months before the Presidential elections, I quickly became radicalized. I abandoned my support for Goldwater and before long found Lyndon Johnson too conservative for my tastes. Through my college and grad school years I thought of myself as a member of the New Left. Shortly after I earned my graduate degree and began teaching philosophy at the college level I became disillusioned with politics in particular and the civil government in general and became a self-styled anarchist. Eventually I matured and when I did I found myself most comfortable on the far reaches of the political right. I had come full circle.

Needless to say, I was happy when I received Lee Edward's "Goldwater" as a gift. I read it cover to cover and came to appreciate more than ever a man whom I had once idolized. Not only is this book of 470 pages of text a comprehensive study of his life, from his youth to his eighty-fifth year, but it thoroughly discusses his views (the basis for them, how they developed, how they changed) and as well as many elements of his personal life. Although it is clear that Edwards is fond of Goldwater, he doesn't idolize him. The blemishes in his personality, including the cantankerous side that increasingly manifested itself as he grew older, are in full view, as are, of course, those aspects of Goldwater that made him an endearing person to those closest to him.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starssome interesting points
By Aaron Joy on May 16, 2013
Format: Hardcover
A few things of interest I found in this book:
* Edward's discussion of the Johnson campaign tactics and how Goldwater was smeared a racist for one vote though his body of work and speeches spoke the opposite.
* How Conscience of a Conservative was co-written by Brent Bozell and became a surprise success.
* The break-up of the Republican Party and what it was like before. I've had people tell me Roe Vs Wade destroyed the Republicans, but not according to this history. Let alone, it's interesting to read that the NY Times said the Republican Party was dead following Goldwater's defeat ... and then after Romney's defeat ... history repeats itself.
* Edward's actually correcting what Goldwater wrote in his own autobiographies and pointing out how Goldwater would mess up dates and comment on stuff or change his opinions as he got older and did more writing. Edwards is obviously not trying to sugar coat if he's willing to counter his own subject's writings.
* Edward's discussion of how later biographies treated Goldwater and trying to show how these were based on negative ideas from the 1964 election that were never corrected.

As for some cons:
* The build-up to 1964 is as well documented as one would probably need, but what happens next seems a bit glossed over. Obviously, one era is more well documented than the other.
* It's interesting how Edwards paints Goldwater. He tries to make him very human, a bit stubborn, maybe even clueless at times, but sometimes he gets lost in his own story.

Having read numerous Goldwater books, both pro and con, I would highly recommend this one. It's a long read but very detailed.
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