Radical: A Portrait of Saul Alinsky

by Nicholas von Hoffman

Book Overview

From Left to Right, one man has influenced them all: Saul Alinsky. Radical is a personal portrait of this controversial mastermind of popular movements, a man who is often called the American... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568586779
• ISBN13: 9781568586779
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Nation Books
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

He inspired Obama, Hillary, and the Tea Parties!

If you love politics, you won't want to miss this little book that's filled with great stories. Saul Alinsky was the Godfather of Community Organizing, whose brilliant tactics inspired Hillary Clinton (Alinsky wanted to hire her out of college) and Obama, but whose genius these days can be seen most effectively in the tea party protests against Obama's health care reforms and against establishment politics in general. Von Hoffman worked with Alinsky in the 60s and his first-hand account of Chicago politics, and the larger-than-life rogues and heroes who dominated the city, as well as the Catholic Church in that era, is a treat for any history buff.