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Historian Begs to Differ With the Decider

Says Bush keeps misquoting him on post-war Japan

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 24, 2007 1:53 PM CDT

(Newser) – A historian quoted by President Bush yesterday said his words were misused in a “perverse” attempt to defend the Iraq War, Politico reports. At issue is John Dower's statement in a 1999 book that if naysayers had had their way, the fledgling democracy in...   Read full story »

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