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A Glorious Disaster: Barry Goldwater's Presidential Campaign and the Origins of the Conservative Movement, by J. William Middendorf II (Basic, 303 pp., $26.9)
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ABRACING and informative book, taking us through the gestation of the Goldwater-for-president movement and the campaign itself, and giving us chapters on the succession in the leadership of the Republican National Committee. The author, who writes fluently and gives us close-in details of the candidate at his best and at his not-so-good, was named treasurer of the campaign, and notwithstanding the ignominious defeat of 1964, became the treasurer of the GOP. He aspired to be secretary of the Navy, but President ...
Source: HighBeam Research, A Glorious Disaster: Barry Goldwater's Presidential Campaign and the...