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The politics of the possible was being replaced by the politics of purity.

H.W. Brands

The politics of the possible was being replaced by the politics of purity.

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About H.W. Brands

Henry William Brands Jr. (born August 7, 1953) is an American historian. He holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his PhD in history in 1985. He has authored more than thirty books on U.S. history. His works have twice been selected as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.