MOST AMERICANS EMBRACE a feel-good image of World War II, one in which the United States and its “Greatest Generation” fought a global war for human freedom that destroyed three indisputably evil totalitarian regimes and paved the way for the establishment of a better world. This notion contains much truth, enough to endure all these decades later, and appeals to our tendency to fixate on the positive aspects ofpushed back against the mainstream narrative.
LOOKING BACK— AND GAZING SIDEWAYS
May 03, 2022
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