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…the years following the War, the wealth generated by her production was plenty enough to pay off the War Debt and have some left over for the worker’s savings. During…

On Demanding Dignity

…economic policy unsettling. While Johnson had waged a War on Poverty to end a very real poverty in America, Nixon would wage a War on Crime to stoke fear and…

How To Know

…but also those like The Spanish-American War, World War One, The Vietnam War, and The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars where the cues of change were missed or misread. For many…