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Democracy is Anti-Intellectual

The dark lessons of a peasant revolt.

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Damir Marusic
Jun 25, 2024
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There’s nothing quite like starting a book you know you’re going to like. The book in question is Christopher Clark’s Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849.

Clark may be my favorite European historian. His Sleepwalkers is easily the best account of the lead-up to World War I. Iron Kingdom is the quickest way to und…

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