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History as the Law of Force: A Review of Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song
History as the Law of Force: A Review of Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song

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In the early 1990s, my traveling companion and I were approached by a twelve-year-old boy in the Nicaraguan countryside. He asked us if we would like a tour of a nearby fortress where the Somoza Regime had tortured and executed . . .

In the early 1990s, my traveling companion and I were approached by a twelve-year-old boy in the Nicaraguan countryside. He asked us if we would like a tour of a nearby fortress where the Somoza Regime had tortured and executed prisoners in the late 1970s. The boy was from a nearby shanty village nestled in…

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