While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's not intentional, but somehow my books end up being written under the sign of a political mood. (Rick Perlstein)

While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's not intentional, but somehow my books end up being written under the sign of a political mood.

Rick Perlstein

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