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Rick Perlstein

Rick Perlstein

Born: 1969-09-03 • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Rick Perlstein (born September 3, 1969) is an American historian and journalist who has garnered recognition for his chronicles of the post-1960s American conservative movement. The author of five bestselling books, Perlstein received the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for his first book, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus. Politico has dubbed him "a chronicler extraordinaire of modern conservatism."

Filmography
Breakdown: 1975 poster
Breakdown: 1975
2025 • Self
Rather poster
Rather
2023 • Self - Historian & Journalist
Trumpland: Kill All Normies poster
Trumpland: Kill All Normies
2017