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Bypass the (Historical) Breakers–Better, Remove Them Altogether

March 8, 2023

Over the last few days, I’ve finally had the opportunity to dive into historian Sean McMeekin’s voluminous treatment of World War II, Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II. What a treat it has been. McMeekin, a professor at Bard College in upstate New York, is fluent in Turkic and Russian and even…
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A Nuanced Pitch on Slavery That Nonetheless Destroys the 1619 Project

December 3, 2019

Not that a broad audience is capable of hearing a nuanced and multi-faceted argument on the nature of slavery in the Antebellum South, but maybe my audience is? Fingers-crossed? Unfortunately, the New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project and poor historians of “new capitalism” have only added to the singular note of confusion that reigns today. Want…
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