Rick Perlstein is the author of the New York Times "bestseller The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan"; "Nixonland: The Rise of a President" "and the Fracturing of America", a "New York Times" bestseller picked as one of the best nonfiction books of 2007 by over a dozen publications; and "Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus", which won the 2001 "Los AngelesTimes" BookAward for history and appeared on the best books of the year lists of "The" "New York Times", "The" "Washington Post", and the "Chicago Tribune".Hisessays and book r...