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Henry Petroski

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Henry Petroski, Professor of Civil Engineering and of History at Duke University, is the author of Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design and of other books on engineering, invention, and design.

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    History at the Barricades

    Robert Skidelsky

    Optimists might claim that the West’s current history-fueled culture war reflects an enlightened moral sensibility. What has really happened is that yesterday’s imperial victors have lost their beliefs, while former losers are full of passionate convictions about the past.

     shows why today's heated debates about the past are as much a historiographical matter as a historical one.
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    Biden to the Rescue?

    Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and engineering an economic recovery are only two of the challenges facing new US President Joe Biden. Amid deep social divisions and the continued threat of right-wing extremist violence, Biden must also try to re-establish democratic political norms and restore trust in American leadership at home and abroad.

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