A review by aloyokon
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein

5.0

How did the New Deal coalition and the liberal consensus it upheld fall apart? How did a has-been failed political aspirant seize power in one of the most tumultuous election years in American history? What could possibly allow a country that cheered on the Great Society in 1964 to move so hard to the right in just 8 years? The answers to these questions and more are provided, in narrative form, through Perlstein's epic book "Nixonland".