Blinded by the Right The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative

In a powerful and deeply personal memoir in the tradition of Arthur Koestler'sThe God That Failed, David Brock, the original right-wing scandal reporter, chronicles his rise to the pinnacle of the conservative movement and his painful break with it. David Brock pilloried Anita Hill in a bestseller. His reporting inThe American Spectatoras part of the infamous "Arkansas Project" triggered the course of events that led to the historic impeachment trial of President Clinton. Brock was at the center of the right-wing dirty tricks operation of the Gingrich eraand a true believeruntil he could no longer deny that the political force he was advancing was built on little more than lies, hate, and hypocrisy. InBlinded By the Right, Brock, who came out of the closet at the height of his conservative renown, tells his riveting story from the beginning, giving us the first insider's view of what Hillary Rodham Clinton called "the vast right-wing conspiracy." Whether dealing with the right-wing press, the richly endowed think tanks, Republican political operatives, or the Paula Jones case, Brock names names from Clarence Thomas on down, uncovers hidden links, and demonstrates how the Republican Right's zeal for power created the poisonous political climate that culminated in George W. Bush's election. Now in paperback and with a new afterword by the author,Blinded By the Rightis a classic political memoir of our times. From the Trade Paperback edition.

David Brock, a writer in Washington, D.C., is the author of<b> The Real Anita Hill</b> and<b> The Seduction of Hillary Rodham</b>. He has written for <i>Esquire</i>, <i>New York</i>, <i>Rolling Stone</i>, <i>Talk</i>, and the <i>New York Times</i> and <i>Washington Post</i> op-ed pages. He appears regularly on television talk shows, and his work has been featured on National Public Radio.