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The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

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An edition of Nixonland (2008)

Nixonland

The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

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An account of the thirth-seventh presidency sets Nixon's administration against a backdrop of the tumultuous civil rights movement while offering insight into how key events in the 1960s set the stage for today's political divides.

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Politics and government Politische Kultur Polarisierung Presidents Election Biography University of South Alabama Conservatism Nixon, richard m. (richard milhous), 1913-1994 United states, politics and government, 1969-1974 Political culture New York Times reviewed Divided government Politique et gouvernement HISTORY POLITICAL SCIENCE Essays Government General National Reference

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Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994,)

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1930-1974
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Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
2010, Simon & Schuster, Limited
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2008, Simon & Schuster
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Table of Contents

Preface
Page xi
Book I
1. Hell in the City of Angles
Page 3
2. The Orthogonian
Page 20
3. The Stench
Page 44
4. Ronald Reagan
Page 70
5. Long, Hot Summer
Page 96
6. School Was in Session...
Page 128
7. Batting Average
Page 141
Book II
8. The Bombing
Page 169
9. Summer of Love
Page 185
10. In Which a Cruise Ship Full of Governors Inspires Considerations on the Nature of Old and New Politics
Page 200
11. Fed-up-niks
Page 227
12. The Sky's the Limit
Page 254
13. Violence
Page 274
14. From Miami to the Siege of Chicago
Page 295
15. Wednesday, August 28, 1968
Page 315
16. Winning
Page 328
Book III
17. The First One Hundred Days
Page 357
18. Trust
Page 373
19. If Gold Rust
Page 397
20. The Presidential Offensive
Page 412
21. The Polarization
Page 445
22. Tourniquet
Page 459
23. Mayday
Page 477
24. Purity
Page 500
25. Agnew's Education
Page 524
Book IV
26. How to Survive the Debacle
Page 541
27. Cruelest Month
Page 551
28. Ping-Pong
Page 569
29. The Coven
Page 585
30. The Party of Jefferson, Jackson, and George Wallace
Page 607
31. The Spring Offensive
Page 635
32. Celebrities
Page 660
33. In which Playboy Bunnies, and Barbarella, and Tanya, Inspire Theoretical Considerations upon the Nature of Democracy
Page 686
34. Not Half Enough
Page 720
Notes
Page 749
Selected Bibliography
Page 831
Acknowledgments
Page 837
Index
Page 841

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Library of Congress
E855 .P47 2008

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
640

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL10723368M
ISBN 10
0743243021
ISBN 13
9780743243025
LCCN
2008273706
OCLC/WorldCat
180755987
LibraryThing
4786089
Goodreads
2393575

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OL221604W

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Richard Nixon's political history, from Congress to the White House, with an emphasis on his political strategies.

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