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Nixonland

The Rise of A President and the Fracturing of America
Perlstein, Rick (Book - 2008)
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Nixonland


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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 and the many ways Nixon used riots, anti-Vietnam

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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 and the many ways Nixon used riots, anti-Vietnam War protests, the drug culture and other displays of unrest as an easy relief against which to frame his pitch for his narrow win of 1968 and landslide victory of 1972.

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Author: Perlstein, Rick
Title: Nixonland
the rise of a president and the fracturing of America
Imprint: New York : - Scribner
Pages: 881
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed
ISBN: 0743243021, 9780743243025
Language: English
Notes: Hell in the city of angels -- The orthogonian -- The stench -- Ronald Reagan -- Long, hot summer -- School was in session... -- Batting average -- The bombing -- Summer of love -- In which a cruise ship full of governors inspires considerations on the nature of old and new politics -- Fed-up-niks -- The sky's the limit -- Violence -- From Miami to the siege of Chicago -- Wednesday, August 28, 1968 -- Winning -- The first one hundred ays -- Trust -- If gold rust -- The presidential offensive -- The polarization -- Tourniquet -- Mayday -- Purity -- Agnew's election -- How to survive the debacle -- Cruelest month -- Ping-pong -- The coven -- The party of Jefferson, Jackson, and George Wallace -- The spring offensive -- Celebrities -- In which playboy bunnies, and Barbarella, and Tanya, inspire theoretical considerations upon the nature of democracy -- Not half enough.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Statement of responsibility: Rick Perlstein
Characteristics: xiii, 881 p., [16] p. of plates :,ill. ;,25 cm.
Author (Original Script): Perlstein, Rick
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