The Mishal Husain ShowAmerica in Free Fall? Historian Jill Lepore on the US at 250

Turning Point: Leaving ROTC

6:18–7:17 · 59s

Lepore recounts confronting her commanding officer about Reagan’s Star Wars missile program and being told she couldn’t stay in the military if she questioned its ethics—her career-altering fork in the road.

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