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“One of the things that really bothers me is that Americans don't have any sense of history. The majority of Americans don't have any idea of where we've come from, so they naturally succumb to the kind of cliche version that Ronald Reagan represented.”

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Robert K. Massie
Robert K. Massie

Robert K. Massie is an American historian renowned for his in-depth studies of Russian history. His works cover a broad period from Peter the Great to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. more

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