The Fall of Kabul
Why did Kabul fall, and fall so quickly, to the Taliban? The simple answer is that you cannot beat something with nothing. Let’s set aside for another occasion the question
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Why did Kabul fall, and fall so quickly, to the Taliban? The simple answer is that you cannot beat something with nothing. Let’s set aside for another occasion the question
Many years ago, as I browsed the book section of the North Carolina Museum of History’s gift shop, I stumbled upon “Divided Allegiances: Bertie County in the Civil War” by
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An Interview with Jason Jividen This month we are featuring our core document collection Populists and Progressives, edited by Jason Jividen. Dr. Jividen, who teaches politics at St. Vincent College