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Meanwhile, I learned facts most government lifers didn’t know. The recidivism rate of terrorists returning to the battlefield was much higher than publicly stated—more than 40 percent.
“the rights of free speech and free press do not carry with them the right to advocate the destruction of the very government which protects the freedom of an individual to express his views.”
― Nixonland: America's Second Civil War and the Divisive Legacy of Richard Nixon 1965-72
― Nixonland: America's Second Civil War and the Divisive Legacy of Richard Nixon 1965-72
“All disarmament plans had been buried.”
― Russia at War, 1941–1945: A History
― Russia at War, 1941–1945: A History
“the thirty-eighth parallel, selected by the Americans and the Russians back in 1945 as the dividing line between the two Koreas, as a border at all.”
― The Coldest Winter
― The Coldest Winter
“Guess how many nuclear missiles were detonated during the Cuban Missile Crisis?”
― The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
― The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
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