Chapters 10 and 11 today. By the time you see this, I'll be off working. Will check back in this evening and try to offer some thoughts. I can't wait to we get to the chapter on how the War changed the monetary system.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, We Were Eight Years in Power, and The Water Dancer.