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- An earlier version of this paper was read at the April 1985 meeting of the Organization of American Historians, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I would like to acknowledge the thoughtful criticisms of the earlier version made by Kenneth Waltzer, Harvey Klehr, and Michael Kazin.
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