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Kristin Beck • Warrior Princess: A U.S. Navy SEAL’s Journey to Coming out Transgender
“The ultimate logic of racism is genocide,”
Taylor Branch • At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
Therefore, as in all social fears, there will be an increasing belief in the coming decade that the federal government is in the hands of conspirators.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Overstretch—the enfeeblement that comes with confusing ends and means—allows enemies to apply leverage: small maneuvers that have big consequences. Themistocles wouldn’t have won at Salamis without spinning a Delphic oracle. Elizabeth trusted her admirals to trust the winds. And Kutuzov could safely slumber after Borodino, certain that geography, t
... See moreJohn Lewis Gaddis • On Grand Strategy
National strength depended upon the ability of strong, manly men to stand up against communist threats.
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
The fact that 115 million persons gave their lives fighting for nation-states in the twentieth century is stark evidence of the power of epigenesis.71 It shows that many did consider the survival of their nations to be matters of life-and-death importance. The question is whether that attitude will carry over into a new age with different megapolit
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