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War and mass politics
1914 to 1980
The century of ideology, media power, and private lives lived at full public scale.
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26 place stories active in the same years
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Modern
1914 to 1980
The century of ideology, media power, and private lives lived at full public scale.
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26 place stories active in the same years
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White House, Washington, D.C. · 1962 CE to 1962 CE
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East Asia
1959-1962 · Zhongnanhai study, Beijing
After Lushan, private doubt is crushed and the Great Leap crisis hardens into a wider human catastrophe.
Mao's 1959 volume gives the closest existing life-entry into the crisis after Lushan.
North America
1962 · White House, Washington, D.C.
The White House becomes the room-world where brinkmanship, secrecy, family proximity, and nuclear risk share one address.
Kennedy keeps the crisis attached to one life balancing performance, uncertainty, and responsibility inside the same house.
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