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Shaping History |
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| Americans tend to be addicted to “Eureka!” moments; specific points in time that bear the weight of intelligent or even divine design, shaping everything which comes after. But even a short acquaintanceship with history provides a different notion of the way events proceed, along with revealing the actual rarity of such moments. For every philosopher in the bathtub there are thousands of apparently decisive events with humbler origins, and whose import was never discerned until years or even decades after their occurrence. Here are four recent histories and biographies that provide rich context for such world-altering events. | ||||
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