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A New History of America’s Descent Into Vietnam
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Many books have been written on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the young stars of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Yet despite millions of words of analysis and …
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May 28, 2018
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May 22, 2018
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Consuming Japan
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From Oligarchy to Republicanism
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In From Oligarchy to Republicanism: The Great Task of Reconstruction (University of Missouri Press, 2017) , Forrest Nabors sets out to show that congressional Republicans regarded the work of Reconstruction …
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