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The Bulwark Podcast
This book detailed the dark period of American history between 1917 and 1921, showing how the war against foreign enemies became an excuse for a war against democracy at home under Woodrow Wilson's presidency. The book revealed the raw underside of the nation's life during this time, covering censorship, jailing of opponents, and repression of civil liberties.
With Donald Trump actually have loved being president back in 1917. That's the argument from the author of a new book called American Midnight, The Great War of Violent Peace and Democracy's Forgotten...
— Episode: Adam Hochschild: American Midnight
Episode: Adam Hochschild: American Midnight
This book detailed the dark period of American history between 1917 and 1921, showing how the war against foreign enemies became an excuse for a war against democracy at home under Woodrow Wilson's presidency. The book revealed the raw underside of the nation's life during this time, covering censorship, jailing of opponents, and repression of civil liberties.
With Donald Trump actually have loved being president back in 1917. That's the argument from the author of a new book called American Midnight, The Great War of Violent Peace and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis.
What I find really interesting about this book is I have a thing for histories of underappreciated periods of American life. And you read in this book never was the raw underside of our nation's life more revealingly on display than from 1917 to 1921.
The book is American Midnight the Great War of violent peace and democracies forgotten crisis
