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McKinley, meanwhile, called for 125,000 volunteers to carry the war to the Caribbean. The army was swamped with applicants. And bouncing up and down enthusiastically at the head of the line was one Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy. Roosevelt’s eagerness to leave his post and join the army baffled his friends. “Is his wife dead?
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Populism gives life to Michel Foucault’s celebrated reversal of the Clausewitz dictum: Politics is the pursuit of war by other means.
Neil Howe • The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End
A number of my good friends and family have been surprised about my decision to support @realDonaldTrump for president. They have been surprised because my political giving history has been mostly to Democrats, my voting registration has typically been Democrat (in NY, you must be registered to the party in order to vote in the primary, and... See more
Bill Ackmanx.comAs an adult, Wilson shared none of Roosevelt’s lust for violent conquest. For his secretary of state he chose William Jennings…
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Daniel Immerwahr • How to Hide an Empire
President Trump is resetting the global order.
For the first time in decades, an American president is prioritizing peace and prosperity over endless war.
He extended an olive branch to a longtime adversary—offering them a path to Western greatness.
Then he... See more
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent (Presidential Biography Bestseller)
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