Sam Tanenhaus is the prize-winning author of Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, the definitive biography of William F. Buckley, Jr., founder of modern conservatism. Chosen by Buckley himself ten years before his death, Tanenhaus was granted exclusive access to his private papers and extensive interviews, resulting in a definitive, uncensored account of Buckley’s life, the conservative movement, and its impact on American politics and culture.
Tanenhaus also uncovers Buckley’s darker exploits: secret partnerships with Southern segregationists, campaigns to free a convicted murderer, CIA missions in Latin America, collusions with Watergate figure Howard Hunt, and his struggles to hold together a conservative movement amid the AIDS epidemic, culture wars, and Iraq invasion, even as his media empire unraveled.
A best-selling author and former editor-in-chief of The New York Times Book Review, Tanenhaus has written for The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Time, Vanity Fair, and is a contributing writer for The Washington Post and Distinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy.
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