One can bicker over some of the characterizations and potted histories, but overall @vgr provides an excellent tour de horizon of the key battlesites in our current Hobbesian Kulturkampf https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/03/06/a-quick-battle-field-guide-to-the-new-culture-wars/ …
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Most historical writing are great tangled thickets!
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This is why I am no historian, though I like tackling the occasional heavy tome. I do occasionally make a brave attempt myself like this mini-thicket... would be interested in your professional opinion of it :) https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/11/10/king-ruinous-and-the-city-of-darkness/ …
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I prefer my history slow-cooked and preserved under a layer of its own fat.
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If so, Braudel is your man!
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