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... authority , and especially remote , centralised authority , the lack of any focal point of power to which people would instinctively look in time of crisis , all left the United States unusually vulnerable to threats to its internal ...
... authority , and especially remote , centralised authority , the lack of any focal point of power to which people would instinctively look in time of crisis , all left the United States unusually vulnerable to threats to its internal ...
Page 225
... authority at home as well as one of survival on the field of battle . 8. There were clear parallels in the emerging ... authority , but the fight for independence demanded a strong new central authority . The ultimate goal had to be ...
... authority at home as well as one of survival on the field of battle . 8. There were clear parallels in the emerging ... authority , but the fight for independence demanded a strong new central authority . The ultimate goal had to be ...
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... authority , although that authority , in the person of Jefferson Davis , was now a fugitive ; according to his own account , he also turned down a suggestion that he should go to Washington to meet Lincoln . 32 When the Army of Northern ...
... authority , although that authority , in the person of Jefferson Davis , was now a fugitive ; according to his own account , he also turned down a suggestion that he should go to Washington to meet Lincoln . 32 When the Army of Northern ...
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