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World Service,8 mins

The War That Faded From US Memory

The War That Changed the World

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David Frum, George W. Bush's speech-writer and now senior editor of the The Atlantic magazine in Washington, gives a personal take on World War One and why it appears to have a weak hold on the consciousness of present-day Americans. (photo: American cavalry standing upright on horses during training for their part in WW1, 1917) (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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