![]() ![]() ![]() At the same time, Perlstein illuminates the many demons that haunted Nixon, especially how he came to view his political adversaries as “enemies” of both himself and the nation and brought about his own downfall. In this way, says Perlstein, Nixon created a new dividing line in the rhetoric of American political life that remains with us today. Nixon spoke of solid, old-fashioned American values, law and order and respect for the traditional hierarchy. Through shrewdly selected anecdotes, Perlstein demonstrates the many ways Nixon used riots, anti–Vietnam War protests, the drug culture and other displays of unrest as an easy relief against which to frame his pitch for his narrow win of 1968 and landslide victory of 1972. Author Rick Perlstein will discuss history of the Nixon era. Perlstein’s key narrative begins at about the time of the Watts riots, in the shadow of Lyndon Johnson’s overwhelming 1964 victory at the polls against Goldwater, which left America’s conservative movement broken. Perlstein Brings Nixonland to Nixon Library. ![]() , provides a compelling account of Richard Nixon as a masterful harvester of negative energy, turning the turmoil of the 1960s into a ladder to political notoriety. Perlstein, winner of a Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |