Ross Douthat, who reviewed Richard Perlstein's new book for the May Atlantic, interviews the author about the Watergate era and challenges his vision of modern-day America.E Pluribus Nixon by Ross Douthat
The Atlantic, May 2008
A sweeping new social history portrays Richard Nixon as the president his fratricidal country deserved—and perhaps the best we could have hoped for.
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Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, a former senior editor at The Atlantic, is now a senior editor at Smithsonian magazine.