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Rick Perlstein

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in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The United States

September 03, 1969

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http://rickperlstein.org/

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Eric S. "Rick" Perlstein (born 1969) is an American historian and journalist. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in History in 1992. He is a former writer for The Village Voice and The New Republic and the author of numerous articles in other publications. Until March, 2009 he was a Senior Fellow at the Campaign for America's Future where he wrote for their blog about the failures of conservative governance.

Perlstein is also the author of the books Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus (2001) and Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (2008). Before the Storm covers the rise of the conservative movement culminating in the nomination and campaign of Barry G ...more

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	Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America 4.26 avg rating — 11,129 ratings — published 2008 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus 4.24 avg rating — 4,926 ratings — published 2001 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan 4.25 avg rating — 3,503 ratings — published 2014 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 4.32 avg rating — 2,437 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Future for You: Salvos from the Baffler by John Summers (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Lehmann (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Thomas Frank (Editor) 3.91 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Naked Society by Vance Packard, Rick Perlstein (Introduction) 3.61 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1964 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tribes of America: Journalistic Discoveries of Our People and Their Cultures by Paul Cowan, Rick Perlstein (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1979 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard Nixon: Speeches, Writings, Documents by Richard M. Nixon, Rick Perlstein (Editor) 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stock Ticker and the Superjumbo: How the Democrats Can Once Again Become America's Dominant Political Party 3.52 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quo Vadis Amerika?: Die Welt nach Bush by Thomas Barnett, Ian Buruma, Robert Kagan 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Chronicle of Modern American Conservatism (4 books)
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“What does sincerity mean if it is chosen as deliberate strategy?”
― Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan

tags: authenticity, leadership, manipulation, transparency

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“He (Nixon) needed someone with him so he could be alone.”
― Rick Perlstein, Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

tags: companionship, introverts

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“In these difficult years, America has suffered from a fever of words: from inflated rhetoric that promises more than it can deliver; from angry rhetoric that fans discontents into hatreds; from bombastic rhetoric that postures instead of persuading.”
― Rick Perlstein, Nixonland: America's Second Civil War and the Divisive Legacy of Richard Nixon 1965-72

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