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Lessons from the American Civil War, with Sarah Churchwell and Karen Joy Fowler

Intelligence Squared

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Is There a Historical Through Line From the Civil War to Trump?

I was very surprised by the election of Trump. But my, my agent told me that at that same time she had seven clients abandon the books that they were in the middle of because they just no longer seem pertinent to what was happening. And I realized that in my own historical way, I was talking about current events. We've reached a point where people who hold a different political view are considered enemies now.

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