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A review by bailorg
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein
5.0
Great book.
As someone born in 1980 and as a student of history and politics, I never understood the late 1960s to 1970s era until I read this book. I never understood the still extant bitterness that people who experienced this period still exhibit to this day. I never understood the massive societal, cultural, and political divides of this period. I never understood why a Republican president would implement wage and price controls. I never quite understood why the Democratic party practically fell apart, in a big way, nationally and why the Republican party moved sharply to the right and upwards in popularity at the same time. Perhaps most fundamentally to my above quandaries, I never understood Richard Nixon.
An outstanding exposition on the excesses and anger of all sides in American politics in this period and why Richard Nixon was able to emerge and take power and control over the events of this period.
As someone born in 1980 and as a student of history and politics, I never understood the late 1960s to 1970s era until I read this book. I never understood the still extant bitterness that people who experienced this period still exhibit to this day. I never understood the massive societal, cultural, and political divides of this period. I never understood why a Republican president would implement wage and price controls. I never quite understood why the Democratic party practically fell apart, in a big way, nationally and why the Republican party moved sharply to the right and upwards in popularity at the same time. Perhaps most fundamentally to my above quandaries, I never understood Richard Nixon.
An outstanding exposition on the excesses and anger of all sides in American politics in this period and why Richard Nixon was able to emerge and take power and control over the events of this period.