Told with urgency and sharp political insight, Nixonland recaptures America's turbulent 1960s and early 1970s and reveals how Richard Nixon rose from the political grave to seize and hold the presidency. ^ "Navigating Nixonland", by Mark Hemingway, The National Review, May 23, 2008.
^ "E Pluribus Nixon", by Ross Douthat, The Atlantic, May 2008."Rick Perlstein's 'Nixonland': A Gripping Look at the Nixon Era". two separate and irreconcilable sets of apocalyptic fears coexist in the minds of two separate and irreconcilable groups of Americans. All the President's Men - both the book and the 1976 film adaptation.įilmmaker Sierra Pettengill was inspired by the book for her research on the 2022 documentary film Riotsville, U.S.A. It was also selected as one of the three best books of the year by the editors at and a New York Times notable book for 2008, and has been named on year-end "best of" lists by over a dozen publications. Perlstein also presents a broader overview of the cultural and political turmoil in 1960s America, including the 1968 Democratic Convention, but, as the book ends with Nixon's reelection in 1972, only peripherally covers Watergate. Besides ensuring his re-election, however, Nixon's political and social maneuvering also created a deep rift in American society that persisted into the 1970s and on through the end of the century, polarizing the United States. The author casts Nixon as the "King of the Orthogonians", who would play upon the growing resentments of "Orthogonians" nationwide (Nixon's " silent majority") to electoral success. As quoted by a reviewer in The Nation, the titular "Nixonland" is where "two separate and irreconcilable sets of apocalyptic fears coexist in the minds of two separate and irreconcilable groups of Americans." The author frames the divisions of the 1960s as between the "Franklins" and the "Orthogonians", names taken from two social clubs at Nixon's alma mater of Whittier College the Franklins were the privileged elite, and the Orthogonians the social strivers. Perlstein's thesis is that Richard Nixon manipulated the political and social events between 19 in a way that shaped the political divisions of the present day. Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America is a history book written by Rick Perlstein, released in May 2008.
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