Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (793 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393088715 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Schultz not only brings the spirits of William Buckley and Norman Mailer back to life, he endows us with a subtle yet profound analytical framework for understanding the massive social changes set off during the Sixties. Anyone who wants to understand contemporary American political culture needs to read this book.” (Andrew Hartman, author of A War for the Soul of America) . Schultz, in his very entertaining book, reminds us to think again. “Buckley and Mailer brings alive two talented, tireless characters…. Coyne Jr. Schultz weaves their contrasting public liv
nancy Acheson-Smith said Great Read. Learned a lot that I didn't know about these two. Also written to make every part interesting. I loved it.. "Opposites, Opponents, And Friends." according to John D. Cofield. The 1960s were a time of tumult and change in the United States. Standing athwart in those years were two men, one shouting "Halt!" while the other cried "Forward!"William F. Buckley, the epitome of the East Coast prep-school/Ivy League WASP (with a dash of Irish) stood for conservatism, while Norman Mailer, also an Ivy Leaguer but with a rougher and much more plebeian cast, was at the vanguard of the counterculture. Although politically and culturally Buckley and Mailer were very much in opposition, nevertheless they found common ground in their disapproval of America's Liberal Establishment. This agreement led . "Schultz has written a great account of this friendship" according to Ramona. "Buckley and Mailer" is centered on the friendship of William F. Buckley and Norman Mailer. They had much in common. Both came from privileged backgrounds, attended elite universities and saw Army service during World War II. Yet the personal and political differences between the two could hardly have been greater. Buckley was a conservative, a fervent cold warrior, an advocate of law and order, a believer in minimal government, a traditionalist who remained married to the same woman for over 50 years. Mailer was a radical, a left-winger, an opponent of the Vietnam war, a defender of protest and civil disobedienc
Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gloria Steinem, and Gore Vidal. But behind the scenes, the two were close friends and trusted confidantes. 8 pages of photographs. Schultz delves into their personal archives to tell the rich story of their friendship, their arguments, and the tumultuous decade they did so much to shape.Here is the entertaining and deeply American story of what Mailer himself called a "difficult friendship": from their debate before the Floyd Patterson–Sonny Liston heavyweight fight in 1962 to their failed mayoral campaigns
Kevin M. Schultz holds a PhD in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and teaches twentieth-century American history at the University of Illinois at Chicago. . He lives in Chicago