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| Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America | 
 enlarge | Author: Rick Perlstein
Publisher: Scribner
Category: Book
List Price: $37.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 740
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Scribner Hardcover Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 896
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.4 x 2
ISBN: 0743243021
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.924
EAN: 9780743243025
ASIN: 0743243021
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New - may have a small remainder mark on the edge.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Hard read October 16, 2008
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
Hard read, and very long. Small print, thin pages and lots of them. So much minute detail that you may loose sight of the overall story. I read about 1/3 and then threw it away.
 excellent history of the 60's June 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is perhaps the best history book I've ever read about the 60's. Rick Perlstein follows Nixon's career but most of the book is from 1964-1972. I was in college and during this time and Perlstein just nails the mood of the country during this time period. It always amazes me to remember how many historic events happened during these years. Perlstein helps to put it into a political perspective. Though he tends to lean toward the anti-Nixon side of that argument, I think, in general, he presents a fair case. Though Nixon did many great and good things in his life, he almost destroyed our country during his presidential reign. I think Perlstein somewhat misses how imperialistic Nixon was about the government he wanted. As bad as things may be during this Bush's administration (concerning our freedoms and rights), things were much worse during Nixon's terms. Anyone who wants to read a great history of this time period needs to read this book. The Vietnam war was raging, and so were the people. It was amazing how many of the same arguments for that war are being used today for the Iraq war. Apparently, the USA has troubles learning from its past.
First Great Modern Assessment of the Nixon Era June 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rick Perlstein has written a groundbreaking book that fully assesses the significance of the Nixon years, and shows how those years shape the current times. Perlstein ressurects long forgotten anecdotes, and recounts them with urgency and excitement, creating a rollicking, fast moving, never boring chronicle of the times. More importantly, Perlstein shows how the Nixon years sparked the great "cultural divides" that still live with us today. If you want to read a fun, exciting history book, and if you want a greater understanding of our recent past and the times we live in now, click the Amazon link and get yourself a copy of Nixonland.
A gift September 24, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
Sorry but I can't review the book as it was bought as a present (his choice) but I understand from the recipient that he enjoyed it very much.
Nixonland my review October 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nixonland is an objective look at Richard Nixons life and times, while greater detail could have been given at times, the events and cast of characters keep this book interestiing and amusing. My opinion of Eugene McCarthy went up, My opinion of Nixon went down slightly. The image of a major bombing of Cambodia at the same time Nixon is making a speech denying involment there stuck. Rick Perlsteins Nixonland is a good read and a great look at the real 60s and early 70s.
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