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A stunning history of the first national anti-terrorist campaign waged on American soil—when Ulysses S. Grant wielded the power of the federal government to dismantle the KKK
The Ku Klux Klan, which celebrated historian Fergus Bordewich defines as “the first organized terrorist movement in American history,” rose from the ashes…
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1 author picked Klan War as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
It explained a period of U.S. history that I didn't know in depth, which is important in trying to understand racism and political divides today.
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