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Gang of Five

Gang of Five
Gang of Five
Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Ascendacy  
By Nina J. Easton
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In Gang of Five, bestselling author Nina J. Easton reveals the hidden history of American politics in the last thirty years. It's the story of the other, 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. Gang of Five focuses on the lives and careers of five major figures.

BILL KRISTOL, the Harvard-educated intellectual and Weekly Standard publisher

RALPH REED, the hardball politico and strategist for the Christian right

CLINT BOLICK, the constitutional lawyer and "bleeding heart" libertarian

GROVER NORQUIST, the anti-tax activist and leader of the so-called vast right-wing conspiracy

DAVID McINTOSH, the fresh-faced congressman and architect of the Right's war on regulation

Gang of Five is a major contribution to contemporary history that explains how we arrived at the politics of today.

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Chapter 1
E. J. Dionne Jr. author of Why Americans Hate Politics and They Only Look Dead Read Nina Easton's fine book if you care about where American politics is going. And, especially, read it if you enjoy an elegant page-turner of a biography.
Joe Klein author of Primary Colors and The Running Mate What fun! A cross between The Best and the Brightest and Revenge of the Nerds. Nina Easton brings a strange and wonderful cast of characters to life in a book that is serious and often hilarious.
Mark Shields syndicated columnist; political commentator, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Gang of Five is an intriguing chronicle of the human element behind the Right's successful, if hostile, takeover of much of American politics in the last twenty-five years. Scrupulously researched, stylishly written, Gang of Five grasps what most infuriates liberals about the ascendant Right
-- that it has beaten the Left at its own game. Nina Easton reveals a Right that has made many of the same mistakes that led to the demise of the liberal establishment: scorning compromise, overreaching, pursuing power as a blood sport.
Paul Gigot columnist, The Wall Street Journal; political commentator, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer The rise of the political Right caught most journalists by surprise because they didn't take conservatives seriously. Nina Easton is a rare reporter who does. She almost never agrees with her five prominent profile subjects, but her illuminating book shows what they believe, why they believe it, and how they're succeeding.
Joe Kleinauthor of Primary ColorsNina Easton brings a strange and wonderful cast of characters to life in a book that is serious and often hilarious.