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Robert E. Lee’s army was being forced to withdraw from the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, by the approaching forces of Ulysses Grant.
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Author H.W. Brands talks with Lewis Lapham about his book, "The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace." (Source: Bloomberg)
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President Barack Obama left behind talk of healing partisan divisions to begin his second term with an unapologetic defense of the government’s role in promoting “a never-ending journey” toward equality for all, including the poor, women and gays.
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When Barack Obama held his first prime-time news conference as president, the financial crisis was at its peak and not a single Republican had voted for his economic stimulus bill. So he pleaded for their partnership.
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Here are two realities about U.S. second presidential terms: They aren’t cursed, as legend has it, and they are rarely better than first ones.
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Four years ago, when Barack Obama delivered an inaugural address in the middle of the country’s worst recession in seven decades, more than 1 million supporters braved frigid weather to hear his first words as president.
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Twice in less than two years, President Barack Obama and U.S. House Speaker John Boehner failed to negotiate a sweeping solution to the nation’s financial challenges. That may not be such a bad thing.
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What books have high-profile readers been enjoying this year?
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Pity poor Woodrow Wilson . The man who tried to save the world from tyranny is now being excoriated as a liberal fascist by the likes of Glenn Beck , Jonah Goldberg and other conservatives.
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H. W. Brands, author and Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas in Austin, talks with Bloomberg's Lewis Lapham about his new book, ``American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900.''
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