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Photo Finish: The Closest Race You've Never Heard Of
What the 3,773 Votes that Decided the 1916 Election Can Tell Us Today
Oct 24, 2024 • 
Will Quinn
The Uses of Good Counterfactual History
More than a "parlor game" and less dead than you think -- if you know where and how to look
Apr 11, 2024 • 
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Conspicuous Consumption: Friday, March 15, 2024
The Art of 1898, George Kennan, Latter-Day Nixon, Dorothea Lange, and More
Mar 15, 2024 • 
Will Quinn
General Hugh L. Scott: A Life in Three Acts
What can a forgotten soldier tell us about modern war and the U.S. rise to power?
Mar 5, 2024 • 
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Conspicuous Consumption: January 26, 2024
Hofstadter, "Ukraine's War of Narratives," De Palma, Wes Montgomery, Karl Barth
Jan 26, 2024 • 
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2024: The Unspoken Assumptions
How History and Policy Depend on Knowing What We Don't Write Down
Jan 19, 2024 • 
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Welcome to Battle Hymns
A newsletter by Will Quinn about history, politics, foreign policy, and the people who make them.
Jan 18, 2024 • 
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