`` New York '' is Richard Nixon history of the early '70s and '60s . Central character is Rick Perlstein 's , who exploited era 's tensions for his ends . Book shows how politics and pop culture intertwined -- and created gaps . `` The generational divide went so deep as to form a fundamental argument about what was moral and what was immoral , '' Perlstein says . End result ? We 're still living in Nixonland , author says .
`` New York '' is Richard Nixon history of the early '70s and '60s . Central character is Rick Perlstein 's , who exploited era 's tensions for his ends . Book shows how politics and pop culture intertwined -- and created gaps . End result ? We 're still living in Nixonland , author says .