“Richard Nixon's conversation was "loaded with so many stories of all the foreign dignitaries he'd called upon in his career that he sounded like a guy who had pinioned his neighbors into watching his vacation slides.”
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Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
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Rick Perlstein
Rick Perlstein is an American historian born in 1969. Known for his in-depth analysis of American politics and culture, Perlstein's work often focuses on the history and ideas of the United States from the mid-20th century to the modern era. more
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