The Invisible Bridge

The best-selling author of Nixonland presents a portrait of the United States during the turbulent political and economic upheavals of the 1970s, covering events ranging from the Arab oil embargo and the era of Patty Hearst to the collapse of the South Vietnamese government and the rise of Ronald Reagan.

About the author

Rick Perlstein is the author of Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America, a New York Times bestseller picked as one of the best nonfiction books of the year by over a dozen publications; Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus, which won the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Award for history and appeared on the best books of the year lists of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune.

Summary

A dazzling portrait of America on the verge of a nervous breakdown in the tumultuous political and economic times of the 1970s.

Product details

• Authors: Rick Perlstein, Perlstein Rick
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.08.2015
• EAN: 9781476782423
• ISBN: 978-1-4767-8242-3
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Political leaders & leadership, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political leaders and leadership, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)