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Trump's National Security Justification for Tariffs Is Not as Strange as It Sounds
Our concept of national security is so broad it can encompass virtually anything.
by
Andrew Preston
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Made By History
on
August 17, 2018
Book
Total Defense
: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security
Andrew Preston
2025
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