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Dan Kaufman
@dankaufman70
Dan Kaufman is the author of
The Fall of Wisconsin,
published by W.W. Norton in 2018.
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October 2, 2020
Dan Kaufman
The Real Legacy of a Demagogue
A new biography of Joseph McCarthy does not reckon with the devastating effects of anti-communism.
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