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A View of American History That Leads to One Conclusion
For many historians today, the present is forever trapped in the past and defined by the worst of it.
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George Packer
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The Atlantic
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March 8, 2023
How Rumsfeld Deserves to Be Remembered
America’s worst secretary of defense never expressed a quiver of regret.
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George Packer
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The Atlantic
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July 1, 2021
How America Fractured Into Four Parts
People in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is reconciliation possible?
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George Packer
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The Atlantic
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June 8, 2021
The Mafia Style in American Politics
Roy Cohn connects the McCarthy era to the age of Trump across more than half a century.
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George Packer
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The Atlantic
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October 3, 2019
The End of the American Century
What the life of Richard Holbrooke tells us about the decay of Pax Americana.
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George Packer
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The Atlantic
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April 10, 2019
The Empty Chamber
For many reasons, senators don’t have the time, or the inclination, to get to know one another—least of all members of the other party.
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George Packer
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The New Yorker
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August 2, 2010
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Our Man
: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
George Packer
2019
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Imperial Graveyard
After serving in Vietnam, Richard Holbrooke became a proponent of soft power. He would then contribute greatly to American foreign policy.
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Samuel Moyn
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London Review of Books
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January 27, 2020
Iraq and the Pathologies of Primacy
The flawed logic that produced the war is alive and well.
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Stephen Wertheim
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Foreign Affairs
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March 17, 2023
Pictures at a Restoration
On Pete Souza’s Obama.
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Blair McClendon
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August 10, 2021
The Fog of History Wars
Old feuds remind us that history is continually revised, driven by new evidence and present-day imperatives.
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David W. Blight
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The New Yorker
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June 9, 2021
Obama's Original Sin
A new insider account reveals how the Obama administration’s botched bailout deal reinforced neoliberal Clintonism.
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Eric Rauchway
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Boston Review
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April 23, 2019
A Terraqueous Counter-Narrative in US History
For hundreds of years, Florida has had the reputation of being a little unstable.
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D. Berton Emerson
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Los Angeles Review of Books
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February 18, 2018
