Super important book about race in the 1960's. For those of us who lived through it (at tender ages I guess) it was an enlightening review of history. It is gratifying and discouraging at the same time to see how much has changed and how much has not. My only caveat with the book is I think the author writes the history through modern lenses. This is most apparent in his analysis of the debate that is the heart of the book. To Buccola, Buckley is nothing but an unrepentant self-serving white-supremacist. Fortunately for readers, the book contains the actual transcript of the debate, so you can draw your own conclusions.