2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner

Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Rick Perlstein
Acclaimed historian Rick Perlstein chronicles the rise of the conservative movement in the liberal 1960s. At the heart of the story is Barry Goldwater, the renegade Republican from Arizona who loathed federal government, despised liberals, and mocked “peac…
2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Shortlist

France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944
Julian Jackson

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America
Louis Menand

The Stranger from Paradise: A Biography of William Blake
G.E. Bentley Jr.
