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The Big Mistake America Made in World War I
Each episode of The Learning Curve draws on a blunder or big mistake from history with relevant lessons for our own time. This week, let's start by talking about Teddy Roosevelt. A third term might have been America's best hope for realistic engagement with Eurasia after the end of World War I. But Roosevelt dies in January 1919 and we all know where that led.
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