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Dave Trott
Jan 6, 2023

A view from Dave Trott: The War of Jenkins' Ear

Many years ago, in really boring history classes, I learned the names of lots of wars and treaties and immediately forgot all of them. But over the years, there was one name that stuck in my mind: the War of Jenkins’ Ear.

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