American Exceptionalism, by Ian Tyrrell

Carrie Tirado Bramen enjoys a wide-ranging analysis of an important concept that has recently been neglected by scholars

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January 10, 2022

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January 10, 2022

Carrie Tirado Bramen

Twitter: @CBramen

A re-enactment of Pickett’s Charge on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 2013 to illustrate a review of “American Exceptionalism: A New History of an Old Idea” by Ian Tyrrell

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