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Jay Sexton: “A Nation Forged by Crisis”

Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Independence, MO

Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CST

Sexton contends that our national narrative has been dictated by repeated disruptions brought about by shifts in the international system. From the American Revolution as a consequence of the increasing integration of the British and American economies to the absence of foreign threats as a necessary precondition for the Civil War, Sexton argues that we can only prepare for our unpredictable future by first acknowledging the contingencies of our collective past.

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