Rick Perlstein: Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

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Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

Told with urgency and sharp political insight, Nixonland recaptures America's turbulent 1960s and early 1970s and reveals how Richard Nixon rose from the political grave to seize and hold the presidency.
Perlstein's epic account begins in the blood and fire of the 1965 Watts riots, nine months after Lyndon
Johnson's historic landslide victory over Barry Goldwater appeared to herald a... (read more)

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lifestory said:

“This is a brilliant but challenging book (over 800 pages) I wonder what people thought about the level of research that went into this--and the picture that emerges. I interviewed Perlstein for my podcast on my website babyboomreview.com and found him so incredibly precise about the swiftly moving currents riding through the 60s and 70s that my admiration for his dedication to understanding the period increased even more. ”

posted Tuesday, September 16 2008

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