
179. Niall Ferguson — Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
The Michael Shermer Show
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What Happened on Purpose?
People on the outside always think the people on the inside have more power than they actually do. So of course, bush uses this a, you know, nine 11, as an excuse to invade arak and roosevelt was trying to unite the american public and combat the american firsters so he could support churchill and get America into the war. Well, pearl harbor did it. So he capitalized on what happenedon on purpose. In that sense. I think a lot of that tat goes on in history, i'm sure you're right. And one of the benefits off being a british historian is that we have a whole lot of past, a history
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