![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 permanent liberal consensus in the United States. Told with vivid 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 of the United States. Rick Perlstein has turned a story we think we know-American politics between the opposing presidential landslides of 19-into an often-surprising and always-fascinating new narrative." -Jeffrey Toobin Rick Perlstein's bestselling account of how the Nixon era laid the groundwork for the political divide that marks our country today. His success is dazzling." - Los Angeles Times "Both brilliant and fun, a consuming journey back into the making of modern politics." -Jon Meacham " Nixonland is a grand historical epic. Illustrated.īook Synopsis "Perlstein.aims here at nothing less than weaving a tapestry of social upheaval. About the Book From one of America's most talented historians comes a brilliant new account of Richard Nixon-set against the violent passions of America's 1960s Civil War-that reveals the riveting backstory to the red state/blue state resentments that divide the nation today. ![]()
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