"Nixonland" is a grand historical epic. Rick Perlstein has turned a
story we think we know -- American politics between the opposing
presidential landslides of 1964 and 1972 -- into an often
surprising and always fascinating new narrative. This riveting
book, full of colorful detail and great characters, brings back to
life an astonishing era -- and shines a new light on our own." --
Jeffrey Toobin author of "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the
Supreme Court"
"Rick Perlstein has written a fascinating account of the rise of
Richard Nixon and a persuasive argument that this angry, toxic man
will always be part of the American landscape." -- Richard Reeves
author of "President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination"
"This is a terrific read. What a delight it is to discover the new
generation of historians like Rick Perlstein not only getting
history correct but giving us all fresh insights and understanding
of it." -- John W. Dean Nixon's White House counsel
A richly detailed descent into the inferno -- that is, the years
when Richard Milhous Nixon, 'a serial collector of resentments, '
ruled the land." -- "KIRKUS REVIEWS"
Rick Perlstein's "Nixonland" digs deep into a decisive period of
our history and brings back a past that is all the scarier for its
intense humanity. With a firm grasp on the larger meaning of
countless events and personalities, many of them long forgotten,
Perlstein superbly shows how paranoia and innuendo flowed into the
mainstream of American politics after 1968, creating divisive
passions that have survived for decades." -- Sean Wilentz Princeton
University, author of "The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008"
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