NixonlandPerlstein aims here at nothing less than weaving a tapestry of social upheaval. His success is dazzling. Los Angeles Times Both brilliant and fun, a consuming journey back into the making of modern politics. Jon Meacham Nixonland is a grand historical epic. Rick Perlstein has turned a story we think we knowAmerican politics between the opposing presidential landslides of 1964 and 1972into an often surprising and always fascinating new narrative.