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Woodrow Wilson's War at Home

Silencing "Fighting Bob" details how the government targeted anti-war critics like Sen. Robert La Follette.

Brandan P. Buck | Coming: From the May 2026 issue

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Brandan P. Buck, a foreign policy research fellow at the Cato Institute, holds a Ph.D. in history from George Mason University.

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