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Pax Americana

The end or the beginning?

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Steward Beckham
Feb 17, 2025
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A young American lieutenant, his leg burned by an exploding Viet Cong white phosphorus booby trap, is treated by a medic in 1966—courtesy of National Archives.

“What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its promise.”

- Barbara Jordan

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