Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America, (Paperback)

from bruchu

The Decade of Disillusionment I wasn't quite sure what to expect from "Nixonland", I did not read Perlstein's highly acclaimed book on Goldwater but I certainly had high expectations going in and certainly was not disappointed. "Nixonland" is much more than a biography, it is a complete social an...

from carmelitasita29

Whew, what a tome! Nixonland is a factual, insightful book about the turbulent 1960's and the divisiveness that arose in the politics in the United States. I was fascinated by Nixon's political career, the way he was able to set an "us against them" tone to his rhetoric, how his lust for power le...

from Narboink

This is a long, meandering, but ultimately gratifying exegesis of a major paradigm shift in the American political landscape. It hop-scotches its way through the 1960s (mainly) to reveal how Richard Nixon and others lassoed pockets of aggrieved conservatives into a durable political coalition. It...

from arubabookwoman

This book explores the turbulence in America during the 1960's and 1970's, as Richard Nixon reinvented himself politically and became president of the United States. I had difficulty getting into the book, since one is bombarded by facts and events at a furious pace from page 1. The style reminde...

from nog

This is about how Richard Nixon formulated the narrative that the Republican Party still uses today, that of innuendo, outright lies, and the cognitive dissonance of saying one thing today and the opposite tomorrow, depending on what is expedient for purely political purposes; we still live in Ni...