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PARTISANS — available August 30

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“Nicole Hemmer’s Partisans shines fresh, provocative light on America’s political history.” ―Jane Mayer, The New Yorker

“This is the best account out there of what happened to the Republican Party in the 1990s." ―Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganland

“Partisans brilliantly explains why Reaganism gave way to Trumpism…An essential and engaging book that explains how we got here.”―E. J. Dionne Jr., author of Why the Right Went Wrong

 

Welcome to Past Punditry, the website of writer and historian Nicole Hemmer

Nicole is an associate professor of history at Vanderbilt University and director of the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Center for the Study of the Presidency. She is a columnist for CNN and co-host of the podcasts Past Present and This Day in Esoteric Political History.

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Writer.

I write books and political commentary appearing in newspapers and magazines around the world.

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Podcaster.

I host and produce podcasts exploring all the ways history can shed light on current events.

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Historian.

I hold a Ph.D. from Columbia University and spend a lot of time searching through archives — and building them.

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Speaker.

I speak to national audiences on radio and television, and as an experienced keynote, panelist, and moderator.

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