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Friday, July 22, 2016

Did Woodward and Bernstein Get Nixon Wrong?

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Consider this passage by Historian Evan Thomas: "In Woodward and Bernstein’s book, The Final Days, Nixon was portrayed as sobbing an...

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Monster: The Real Henry VIII and His Magnitude

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Let no one persuade you that England's King Henry VIII was anything but a monster. He may not have started off that way in his long reig...

How Was Nazism Distinct From Fascism?

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This passage from "To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949 (The Penguin History of Europe)" by Ian Kershaw lays it out: "For all...

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Mao Zedong Not As Bad As Hitler Or Stalin?

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This quote from "The Second World War" by Antony Beevor says it all: "The Americans, in a doomed attempt to make both sides...

Monday, July 18, 2016

Did Watergate Prevent National Healthcare?

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Consider this quote from Evan Thomas: "On May 13, the president made a national radio address proposing comprehensive national healt...

Sunday, July 17, 2016

Vietnam If JFK Had Lived

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Vietnam - the exception that proves the rule that says America doesn't lose wars. Despite all the difficulties, tragedies, missed opport...

Democratic Double Standard During Watergate?

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Consider this passage from Evan Thomas: "Nixon correctly, but futilely, complained to his family and his aides about a double standar...

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