I've been writing big stories of history, but there are a lot of fascinating little stories.

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• H. W. Brands:

  The historic dearth of labor was perhaps the central feature of the American economy in the sevente

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  The Catalonian movement is quite serious; I don't think it's simply symbolic. I think that they bel

• H. W. Brands:

  It's not an exaggeration to say that Texas gets a lot more out of being part of the United States t

• H. W. Brands:

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• H. W. Brands:

  Abraham Lincoln spoke out against the Mexican War. But once Americans were under fire, people who w

• H. W. Brands:

  A lot of people were ambivalent about Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson in 1964 positioned himself as the pea

• H. W. Brands:

  If - heaven forbid - a shooter did come into my class, I wouldn't want to have to worry about getti

• H. W. Brands:

  In the early 19th to the early 20th century, people had a lot of things wrong with them. Doctors di

• H. W. Brands:

  The candidate who promises the most has the best chance of winning.

• H. W. Brands:

  The American political system is based on the president taking the initiative and Congress respondi