“The Tears of Autumn in”
― Only the Dead
― Only the Dead
“Once an Eagle, by Anton Myrer.”
― Only the Dead
― Only the Dead
“At times, history proceeds as a contest between sweeping transformations and stubborn continuities. Events accumulate one on top of the other like palimpsests, layer upon layer, each leaving its trace for ones yet to come.”
― Cuba: An American History
― Cuba: An American History
“As history makes people, so do people make history, reworking it, day by day, creating meaning of the world around them, often acting in ways that tend to fit but awkwardly in the categories of epic history.”
― Cuba: An American History
― Cuba: An American History
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