the failures of execution, of imagination, of inflexibility

All the European powers acted as if they had more time, that the musical chairs they’d played for centuries with one another (typically at the rest of the world’s expense) would continue indefinitely. We look at the “dangerous Enemies” and “valuable friends” to Jefferson: England, France, Russia and Spain.

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