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Pearl Harbor and the Art of Politics

The American Story by Christopher Flannery

Dec 6, 202207:28Society & Culture

December 7, 2021 is the 80 th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought America into World War II. It is one of many days in the American year that inspire reflection on the most violent and determi...

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