Gang of Five Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Ascendacy

InGang of Five,bestselling author Nina J. Easton reveals the hidden history of American politics in the last thirty years. It's the story of theother,less well-known segment of the baby-boom generation: young conservative activists who arrived on campus in the 1970s in rebellion against everything "sixties" and went on to overturn the political dynamics of our country.Gang of Fivefocuses on the lives and careers of five major figures.BILL KRISTOL, the Harvard-educated intellectual andWeekly StandardpublisherRALPH REED, the hardball politico and strategist for the Christian rightCLINT BOLICK, the constitutional lawyer and "bleeding heart" libertarianGROVER NORQUIST, the anti-tax activist and leader of the so-called vast right-wing conspiracyDAVID McINTOSH, the fresh-faced congressman and architect of the Right's war on regulationGang of Fiveis a major contribution to contemporary history that explains how we arrived at the politics of today.

Nina J. Easton is a former reporter for the Los Angeles Times. An award-winning writer, her articles have appeared in The Washington Post, Esquire, The New Republic, The Boston Globe, and other major publications.