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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... read more
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People edit
- George McGovern: Add a description of this character.
- Richard Nixon
- Robert Kennedy: 1968 Democratic candidate for President. Senator from New York, Attorney General under his brother, President John F. Kennedy.
- Lyndon Baines Johnson: President of the United States 1963-1969. Democratic Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate and 35th Vice President under John F. Kennedy.
- Ronald Reagan
- George Wallace
- Spiro Agnew
- Eugene McCarthy
- Henry Kissinger
- Edward Muskie
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Barry Goldwater
- Richard J. Daley
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- John Lindsay
- Hubert Humphrey
- Charles Colson
- George Romney
- Strom Thurmond
- G. Gordon Liddy
- John Mitchell
- Novak
- Edmund G. "Pat" Brown: Governor of California, 1959-1967.
- Abbie Hoffman
- Patton
- John Ehrlichman
- Edward 'Ted' Kennedy
- Daniel Ellsberg
- Nelson Rockefeller
- Douglas
- Thomas Eagleton
- Billy Graham
- Jackson
Setting & Locations edit
- South Vietnam
- America
- White House
- Chicago
- United States
- California
- New York City
- Washington
- Haldeman
- China
- Wisconsin
- Ohio
- Mississippi
- North Vietnam
- Florida
- Hanoi
- Illinois
- Texas
- Los Angeles
- Michigan
- Alabama
- Berkeley
- Paris
- San Francisco
- Georgia
- Cambodia
- Newark
- Massachusetts
- Saigon
- Detroit
- Indiana
- Asia
- Miami
- Maryland
- Pennsylvania
- D.c.
- Laos
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- South Carolina
- Moscow
- South Dakota
- Columbia
- Philadelphia
- Iowa
- Hollywood
- Soviet Union
- Tennessee
Authors & Contributors edit
- Rick Perlstein (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0743243021
Page Count: 896
Publisher: Scribner
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0743243021
Page Count: 896
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973.924
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › United States › Executive Branch
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century › 1945 - Present
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century › 1960s
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Elections
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Political History
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Systems Of Government
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Leaders & Leadership
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › People, A-Z › ( N ) › Nixon, Richard
- Books › Nonfiction › Government › Elections
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics
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