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Ironing out our differences I have been reading Civil War history for about 10 years, but I do not remember any piece that I enjoyed and appreciated as much as Winston Groom’s “Irreconcilable Differences” (September 2010). It provided an understandable and engaging representation of the dynamics that led to the outbreak of the war. My …
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