Is America actually on the brink of another civil war — or are we simply reaching for 1861 analogies to make sense of today’s political turmoil?

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From Gettysburg to Minneapolis: How the American Civil War continues to shape how we understand contemporary political conflicts and their dangers

As anger about the presence of ICE in Minneapolis divided the nation, Americans turned to the American Civil War for metaphors.

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