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hifiguy

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7. Might I suggest you add Rick Perlstein's trilogy of
Fri Oct 9, 2015, 08:48 PM
Oct 2015

"Before the Storm," "Nixonland," and "The Invisible Bridge?"

I found them extremely interesting and readable and IMO no one has explained the sociopolitical currents of that era any better.

Nixon has always fascinated me as well. Such a strange man, so filled with and consumed by demons.

Nixon: Past & President [View all] H2O Man Sep 2015 OP
In 2011, the transcripts H2O Man Sep 2015 #1
Nixon was a murderous SOB and appointed a murderous SOB Secret Service man to guard Ted Kennedy. Octafish Sep 2015 #2
The only times when H2O Man Sep 2015 #3
Younger Democrats may not appreciate Nixon's role in the current situation... Octafish Oct 2015 #4
Turn over a rock between the years 1948 and 1974, hifiguy Oct 2015 #8
Hughes to Bush to Cohn to Nixon to Lansky to Switzerland... Octafish Oct 2015 #15
I remember reading that article in Playboy hifiguy Oct 2015 #20
Yep we understand nothing without understanding these goons malaise Oct 2015 #12
There was a time when we might have put an end to their treason. Octafish Oct 2015 #16
Lamar Waldron's H2O Man Oct 2015 #19
Excellent book. Incredibly thorough and documented to the nth degree. hifiguy Oct 2015 #21
+1,000 malaise Oct 2015 #23
And no one has been accountable since malaise Oct 2015 #22
Harry Truman had perhaps the definitive quote regarding Nixon: hifiguy Oct 2015 #9
Question from a Newbie fossilnut Oct 2015 #5
Just ask them here. H2O Man Oct 2015 #10
Thank you. fossilnut Oct 2015 #25
Wow! H2O Man Oct 2015 #26
I only know you as H2O Man. fossilnut Oct 2015 #29
East Guilford. H2O Man Oct 2015 #31
Thank you. fossilnut Oct 2015 #32
Yep. H2O Man Oct 2015 #33
Sometimes the best lessons are found in nature. fossilnut Oct 2015 #34
Frustrating. fossilnut Oct 2015 #35
Missed this post malaise Oct 2015 #6
Thanks! H2O Man Oct 2015 #11
Might I suggest you add Rick Perlstein's trilogy of hifiguy Oct 2015 #7
Perlstein is an outrageously H2O Man Oct 2015 #13
The first thing I thought of when reading hifiguy Oct 2015 #14
Will we ever have the same exhaustive research about malaise Oct 2015 #24
great post as usual-- librechik Oct 2015 #17
Yep. (paleo-) H2O Man Oct 2015 #18
Well, O.K., fine if you want to continue our generation of JFK/LBJ/Nix. I'm tired of it all. I'm old UTUSN Oct 2015 #27
By the bye, CIA a-hole WOODWARD is cashing in again with more tapes, another book UTUSN Oct 2015 #28
I too am fascinated by Nixon. lovemydog Oct 2015 #30
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