Rick Perlstein: Reaganland

As the Republican’s make the case for their conservative platform, we can look into the past to understand the rise of modern conservatism and Trumpism.

The 21st speaks to a Chicago-based historian and author of several best-selling books including Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan, and now Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 to talk about this week’s Republican National Convention and his latest book.

Guests:

Rick Perlstein, Journalist, historian and author of Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980.

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