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May 10, 2017 · Three years before Nixon resigned from office, Emile de Antonio — sometimes called the most important political filmmaker during the Cold War — recast Nixon’s rise as high farce, from his...
Jul 7, 2018 · Could either man, Reagan or George W., despite the death and doom left in his wake, compare with Nixon? Richard Nixon was a tragedy; Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush were farcical: bad jokes that the American public, out of hope, ignorance, or willfulness, played on itself.
Aug 25, 2024 · One of the most ambitious views of Nixon’s impact comes from the left-wing historian Rick Perlstein’s book Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America, which argues...
Nov 10, 2023 · The life and career of Richard Nixon are examined in this chapter. We open with a brief biographical sketch of Nixon’s life, from his humble beginnings in Southern California, to his rise in politics from member of Congress, to U.S. Senator, to vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Apr 23, 1994 · His domestic aide, John Ehrlichman, said of Nixon's appointees: 'When we say 'jump' they will only ask, 'how high?' Secrecy and paranoia reduced the number of presidential press conferences.
Aug 3, 2014 · Rick Perlstein in his latest installment in the history of the conservative movement traces the fall of Nixon to the rise of Ronald Reagan in “The Invisible Bridge.” In “Chasing Shadows,” Ken...
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Jan 8, 2015 · Polarizing people was Richard Nixon’s forte, says author Rick Perlstein. As a college undergraduate, the California-born grocer’s son won election as student body president by pitting the ...
