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Nixonland
The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
Book • 2008
Rick Perlstein’s book recaptures America’s turbulent 1960s and early 1970s, revealing how Richard Nixon rose from political obscurity to seize and hold the presidency.
The book begins with the 1965 Watts riots and spans through the political upheavals up to Nixon’s reelection in 1972.
Perlstein’s narrative highlights how Nixon manipulated social and political events to shape the current political landscape, creating a deep rift in American society that persists to this day.
The book is filled with prodigious research and vivid detail, making it a grand historical epic that sheds new light on modern American politics.
The book begins with the 1965 Watts riots and spans through the political upheavals up to Nixon’s reelection in 1972.
Perlstein’s narrative highlights how Nixon manipulated social and political events to shape the current political landscape, creating a deep rift in American society that persists to this day.
The book is filled with prodigious research and vivid detail, making it a grand historical epic that sheds new light on modern American politics.
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Mentioned by Keith Olbermann as a classic of recent American history, comparing it to Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
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Recommended by Dan Pfeiffer as a history book about the 1968 election.
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Daryl Cooper as an author who describes the shift in American politics following the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
Daryl Cooper as an author who describes the shift in American politics following the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
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