#Latest news with #AmericanMidnight:TheGreatWarWashington Post03-04-2025PoliticsWashington PostAmerica was at its Trumpiest 100 years ago. Here's how to prevent the worst.Adam Hochschild is the author of 'American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis.' What was the Trumpiest period of American life before Donald Trump? And what might we learn from it? It is easy to imagine that constitutional rights are under greater threat today than ever in the past. But history suggests otherwise. Although much of what happened during and after World War I is now long forgotten, Americans in those years saw the federal government act in ways that — so far — Trump can only dream of.
Washington Post03-04-2025PoliticsWashington PostAmerica was at its Trumpiest 100 years ago. Here's how to prevent the worst.Adam Hochschild is the author of 'American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis.' What was the Trumpiest period of American life before Donald Trump? And what might we learn from it? It is easy to imagine that constitutional rights are under greater threat today than ever in the past. But history suggests otherwise. Although much of what happened during and after World War I is now long forgotten, Americans in those years saw the federal government act in ways that — so far — Trump can only dream of.
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