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The author casts Nixon as the "King of the Orthogonians", who would play upon the growing resentments of "Orthogonians" nationwide (Nixon's "silent majority") to electoral success.
- Rick Perlstein
- 2008
May 13, 2008 · Politically insightful, Nixonland recaptures the turbulent 60s & early 70s, revealing how Dick Nixon rose from the political grave to seize and hold the presidency. Perlstein's account begins with the '65 Watts riots, nine months after Johnson's landslide victory over Goldwater appeared to herald a permanent liberal consensus.
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Aug 21, 2008 · Rick Perlstein's book, Nixonland, combines an evocative trip through the 1960s and early 1970s with an assessment of the impact of Richard Nixon's political career. Perlstein argues that many...
Mar 21, 2018 · Historian and journalist Rick Perlstein’s widely-praised “Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America” was published in 2008. His first book "Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus" explores American culture in the 1960s.
May 13, 2008 · Rick Perlstein’s bestselling account of how the Nixon era laid the groundwork for the political divide that marks our country today. Told with vivid urgency and sharp political insight,...
May 18, 2009 · The author shows us what the US was like in the early 60's and how the changes started to affect the country after the 1964 election resulting in the awakening of the Silent Majority. What is very evident is the supreme political skill of Richard Nixon as he knew what was needed to get back into power and he ruthlessly pursued his goals.
- Rick Perlstein
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Aug 22, 2008 · Rick Perlstein's book, Nixonland, combines an evocative trip through the 1960s and early 1970s with an assessment of the impact of Richard Nixon's political career. Perstein argues that many of the deep political divisions in modern American politics were defined by that period, and exploited effectively by Nixon.
