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American Midnight
The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
Book • 2022
In 'American Midnight,' Adam Hochschild delves into the untold history of World War I in the United States, focusing on how the government and society responded to the war.
The book explores the suppression of dissent, the rise of xenophobia, and the violent crackdown on civil liberties during this period.
Hochschild examines the broader implications of these events on American democracy and society.
The book explores the suppression of dissent, the rise of xenophobia, and the violent crackdown on civil liberties during this period.
Hochschild examines the broader implications of these events on American democracy and society.
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as being about President Woodrow Wilson's dictatorial suppression of news during World War I.


Noah Smith

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Cost Disease, USAID Debate, and is Curtis Yarvin Trapped in 2020
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, noting its usefulness despite some acknowledged problems.


Jonah Goldberg

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Joe Biden’s Roadside Library
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as his latest book about World War I and the Woodrow Wilson presidency.


Ryan Holiday

Adam Hochschild on Our Obligation to the Common Good pt. 2
Mentioned by Lewis Lapham as a timely and fearful book about democracy's forgotten crisis in America.

Episode 96: Adam Hochschild
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to set the scene in 1925.

Andrew Keen

The Real Monkey Business: What the 1925 Scopes Trial was actually all about
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as the book he started writing and realized names were changed during the era.

Adam Hochschild

Episode 96: Adam Hochschild
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as the author of several books, including his latest, American Midnight.

Andrew Keen

Episode 2513: Adam Hochschild on how American History is Repeating itself, first as Tragedy, then as Trump