Historian. Islanders/Yankees fan. Opinions are my own. Has it ever been otherwise?
Brooks Donohue Simpson is an American historian and an ASU Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University, specializing in American political and military history, especially the American Civil War and Reconstruction eras and the American presidency. .. more
So much lying.
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For decades.
At best, it's ignorance. At worst, it's insulting.
It's also sooooo yesterday.
But clearly it has our attention.
Should it?
What I notice is how non-military historians of the ACW sometimes flaunt their ignorance of military issues, often to their detriment.
Maybe Jim needs to read more.
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PS: They passed with a perfect score. I still got it.
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In its way, it's entirely fitting to destroy the American republic and the rule of law as we prepare to celebrate a revolution meant to secure those things.
Especially if you like neat numbers.
The threat was always from within. We have met the enemy, and it is us.
What makes one person feel good (or understood) may not hold for someone else.
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How soon they forget.