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Hardly Diplomatic
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Hardly Diplomatic by Hardly Diplomatic has 2,000 subscribers, making it a newsletter in History. It publishes weekly with an average length of 1,586 words and charges $4/month for premium content.
Research on declassified government and intelligence documents – chronicling diplomats who shaped world order throughout modern history.
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