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The Confederacy Myth: How an Insurrection of Slaveholders Tried to Destroy the United States – Connor Williams

(Reviewed by JD Jung) At a time when politicians, civic leaders, and school boards are trying to erase uncomfortable parts of American history, particularly the Civil War and the treatment of African Americans, historian Connor Williams offers a timely corrective … Continue reading →

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Super Nuke!: A Memoir About Life as a Nuclear Submariner and the Contributions of a “Super Nuke” – the USS RAY (SSN653) Toward Winning the Cold War – Charles Cranston Jett

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) “We thought about the young men on that submarine, officers and enlisted men, who were fellow submariners like us. They were doing their job for their own country and were using the same sort of training … Continue reading →

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