We're on chapters two and three today for Chandra Manning's What This Cruel War Was Over.
Regrettably, I have to hand this off to the Horde. I'm being called away. I'll check back in to comments a bit later.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.