{"id":45395,"date":"2025-12-02T21:10:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T05:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=45395"},"modified":"2025-12-02T21:10:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T05:10:26","slug":"the-nixonland-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/the-nixonland-trilogy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nixonland trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Google AI Overview<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;Nixonland trilogy&#8221; refers to a series of books by author&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Rick+Perlstein&amp;oq=what+is+the+nixonland+trilogy%3F&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.5798j0j15&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;mstk=AUtExfDF-0oOJEFfl8UFzzdOhReA9PMvIxDeLI2664_nFvZERfoHtWgXMwYURkqgltjPrRZ4q0LZX5AvZeTgGqT8xyQP6ufFA2F6GnPG8-zLG545PUuo6wxING5SI717sJxE4fexPLxrf6F6-w56P1q-37AnzYZ_09Ur8aITVE4J8PbdZl-LP81mkpBGh2PILeZMbelPvtTWod4f3_lfB4qsfiL_YioRbferCBbQdXvjdzuz4ys7SyrXwfeYVhCpwTArvlZYabIMa919rIPrM9EWFrUo&amp;csui=3&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiL4-2o06CRAxXtAjQIHdK6FjUQgK4QegQIARAB\">Rick Perlstein<\/a>&nbsp;that chronicles the rise of modern American conservatism, focusing on the political and cultural landscape of the late 1960s and 1970s. While&nbsp;<em>Nixonland<\/em>&nbsp;is the second book in the series, the term is sometimes used loosely to describe the first three titles:&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Before+the+Storm&amp;oq=what+is+the+nixonland+trilogy%3F&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.5798j0j15&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;mstk=AUtExfDF-0oOJEFfl8UFzzdOhReA9PMvIxDeLI2664_nFvZERfoHtWgXMwYURkqgltjPrRZ4q0LZX5AvZeTgGqT8xyQP6ufFA2F6GnPG8-zLG545PUuo6wxING5SI717sJxE4fexPLxrf6F6-w56P1q-37AnzYZ_09Ur8aITVE4J8PbdZl-LP81mkpBGh2PILeZMbelPvtTWod4f3_lfB4qsfiL_YioRbferCBbQdXvjdzuz4ys7SyrXwfeYVhCpwTArvlZYabIMa919rIPrM9EWFrUo&amp;csui=3&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiL4-2o06CRAxXtAjQIHdK6FjUQgK4QegQIARAC\">Before the Storm<\/a><\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Nixonland<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=The+Invisible+Bridge&amp;oq=what+is+the+nixonland+trilogy%3F&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.5798j0j15&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;mstk=AUtExfDF-0oOJEFfl8UFzzdOhReA9PMvIxDeLI2664_nFvZERfoHtWgXMwYURkqgltjPrRZ4q0LZX5AvZeTgGqT8xyQP6ufFA2F6GnPG8-zLG545PUuo6wxING5SI717sJxE4fexPLxrf6F6-w56P1q-37AnzYZ_09Ur8aITVE4J8PbdZl-LP81mkpBGh2PILeZMbelPvtTWod4f3_lfB4qsfiL_YioRbferCBbQdXvjdzuz4ys7SyrXwfeYVhCpwTArvlZYabIMa919rIPrM9EWFrUo&amp;csui=3&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiL4-2o06CRAxXtAjQIHdK6FjUQgK4QegQIARAD\">The Invisible Bridge<\/a><\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus<\/strong><\/em>: The first book in the series, it examines the 1960s and how Barry Goldwater&#8217;s failed presidential campaign laid the groundwork for a future conservative movement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America<\/strong><\/em>: This is the second book, which details how Richard Nixon capitalized on social and cultural divisions to rise from political defeat and win the presidency in 1968.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan<\/strong><\/em>: The third book covers the 1970s, focusing on the fall of the Nixon administration and the events that led to Ronald Reagan&#8217;s rise to power.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Nixonland trilogy&#8221; refers to a series of books by author&nbsp; Rick Perlstein&nbsp;that chronicles the rise of modern American conservatism, focusing on the political and cultural landscape of the late 1960s and 1970s. While&nbsp;Nixonland&nbsp;is the second book in the series, the term is sometimes used loosely to describe the first&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/the-nixonland-trilogy\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45395"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45396,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45395\/revisions\/45396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}