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Stories by Ira Leonard

Ira M. Leonard has been a professor of history at Southern Connecticut State University for over 30 years. This article is adapted from a speech presented to the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences in January 2003.

Violence is the American Way

Contrary to the mythical self-image of the United States as a peaceloving nation, war has always been an integral part of American patriotism.
Posted on Apr 22, 2003, Source: AlterNet