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duncang

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14. A long time back I read a book called "The True Believer"

Reply to FighttheFuture (Reply #8)

Thu Aug 11, 2016, 09:28 AM

Aug 2016

IIRC I think it did a pretty good job of pegging what has happened in the U.S. and even the rise of Isis. It may be a old book (1951) but I really thought it hit some good points.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Believer

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A long time back I read a book called "The True Believer" duncang Aug 2016 #14

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