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

5.0

An amazing history of Richard Nixon, but also of the political experience of America from post-WWII to the re-election of Nixon in 1972. This book has so many stories that haven't been really passed on by the generation that lived through it. Nixon is remembered for his cover up of the Watergate scandal but Nixonland goes into the details of how did America get to the point of electing Richard Nixon twice. Perlstein is able to weave the stories of the civil rights movement, the counter revolution, the politics of the Vietnam, the Republican Southern Strategy, and many other political adjusting stories that is not often shared on such a broad scope in the history books. For a child of the 80's this was an eye-opening book on the rise of Reagan, the political divide over Vietnam, and the Silent Majority that looks to Making America Great Again.