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Suspension of Disbelief

Eric Foner
November 18, 2004   |    This article appeared in the December 6, 2004 edition of The Nation.
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Ask Americans to enumerate their civil liberties and they instinctively turn to freedom of speech and the press.

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Eric Foner
Eric Foner, a member of The Nation’s editorial board, is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia...

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Eric Foner
November 18, 2004   |    This article appeared in the December 6, 2004 edition of The Nation.
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