Matters of Policy & Politics

Area 45: The (Second) American Civil War? With Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson analyzes the hands dealt to the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, and the 45th president, Donald Trump.

Matters of Policy & PoliticsFebruary 13, 2019
Area 45:  The (Second) American Civil War? With Victor Davis Hanson

On the 210th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, some have suggested that United States faces a second “civil war” – a conflict over culture, economics, and world view. Victor Davis Hanson, the Hoover Institution’s Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow, contrasts the hands dealt to Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump. 

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