Background
Blumenthal, Sidney Stone was born on November 6, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Hymen and Claire (Stone) Blumenthal.
( A classic of American politics returns! How did the Rep...)
A classic of American politics returns! How did the Republican Party build its infrastructure and arrive at the Reagan triumph in the years following Barry Goldwater’s defeat and Nixon’s cataclysmic resignation in 1974? The Rise of the Counter-Establishment, a now seminal study of contemporary politics, provides the answers. Based on hundreds of interviews with key policy makers, Sidney Blumenthal shows how the conservatives orchestrated their influence to change American politics. By charting the rise of a small group of ideologues who transformed their vision into Washington’s ruling orthodoxy, he brilliantly illuminates the important currents of conservative thought and action, as well as the mythology of Reaganism. Although Blumenthal himself is unabashedly liberal, he is also frankly admiring of the organizational genius displayed by the right wing in finding donors and benefactors eager to fund the think tanks, institutes, magazines, and endowed academic chairs that made the Reagan Revolutionand the George W. Bush presidencypossible. He presents an indispensable object lesson for any out-of-office party determined to regain political power.
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(Explained how the breakdown in political parties forced p...)
Explained how the breakdown in political parties forced politicians to govern in different ways. Instead of relying on patronage and party machines, politicians increasingly used political consultants to help them monitor their job approval numbers and media exposure.
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( A classic of American politics returns! How did the Rep...)
A classic of American politics returns! How did the Republican Party build its infrastructure and arrive at the Reagan triumph in the years following Barry Goldwater’s defeat and Nixon’s cataclysmic resignation in 1974? The Rise of the Counter-Establishment, a now seminal study of contemporary politics, provides the answers. Based on hundreds of interviews with key policy makers, Sidney Blumenthal shows how the conservatives orchestrated their influence to change American politics. By charting the rise of a small group of ideologues who transformed their vision into Washington’s ruling orthodoxy, he brilliantly illuminates the important currents of conservative thought and action, as well as the mythology of Reaganism. Although Blumenthal himself is unabashedly liberal, he is also frankly admiring of the organizational genius displayed by the right wing in finding donors and benefactors eager to fund the think tanks, institutes, magazines, and endowed academic chairs that made the Reagan Revolutionand the George W. Bush presidencypossible. He presents an indispensable object lesson for any out-of-office party determined to regain political power.
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( Sidney Blumenthaltrenchant analyst, best-selling autho...)
Sidney Blumenthaltrenchant analyst, best-selling author, and senior adviser to former President Bill Clinton (and more recently, Hillary)offers a penetrating journalistic and historical examination of the ongoing collapse of Republicanism. Closely charting the Party’s imploding reputation in America and the world, as well as the potential consequences of George W. Bush’s radical presidency for the 2008 election, The Strange Death of Republican America will be required reading for anyone interested in politics and concerned about the fate of the nation. In these essays and opinion columns written by Blumenthal over the past few years for The Guardian of London and salon.com, along with a new and stimulating introduction, Blumenthal provides a unifying and overarching perspective on the Bush years. Blumenthal scrutinizes the past and present state of the Republican Party, which he believes portends the incipient demise of their vaunted political machine and the Republican era since the Nixon administration. The issues on the table range from the legacy of Nixon’s imperial presidency and its influence on Dick Cheney to Karl Rove’s failed strategy for political realignment, as well as conflicts within the military and intelligence communities over Bush’s policies, and the underlying political shifts that are demonstrably weakening the once-strong foundations of Republican philosophy and governance. These essays have the cumulative effect of an irresistible factual and historical tidea portrait of a party in self-destructive decline that will grab the attention of anyone fascinated by the world of politics. A selection of the Progressive Book Club.
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Blumenthal, Sidney Stone was born on November 6, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Hymen and Claire (Stone) Blumenthal.
AB, Brandeis University, 1969.
Writer, columnist The Boston Phoenix, Boston, 1970-1976, The Real Paper, Cambridge, 1976-1980. National political correspondent The New Republic, Washington, 1983-1985. Commentator NBC Today Show, New York City, 1984.
Staff writer The Washington Post, 1985-1989. Senior editor The New Republic, Washington, 1990-1992. Contributing editor Vanity Fair, New York City, 1992.
Washington editor The New Yorker, 1992-1994, special correspondent, 1994-1997. Assistant to President, senior advisory The White House, Washington, 1997—2001. Washington bureau chief Salon.com.
Columnist Guardian, London. Senior fellow New York University Law Center on Law and Security. Senior advisory Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign, 2007—2008.
Consultant Home Box Office's '88 television series, New York City, 1988. Member editorial board World Policy Journal, New York City, since 1993.
( A classic of American politics returns! How did the Rep...)
( A classic of American politics returns! How did the Rep...)
( Sidney Blumenthaltrenchant analyst, best-selling autho...)
(Explained how the breakdown in political parties forced p...)
(Pledging Allegiance: The Last Campaign Of The Cold War, b...)
(a look back at the times and politics of the Reagan Presi...)
(Japan An Attempt At Interpretation)
(Book by Blumenthal, Sidney)
Member Council on Foreign Relations.
Married Jacqueline Beth Jordan, April 11, 1976. Children: Max, Paul.