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Re:Rifts Break Open at Facebook Over Kavanaugh Hearing by beat on Thursday October 04, 2018 @05:52PM (#18143985)
Not the Civil War or Yugoslav war, but you might find the Hardcore History podcast series "Countdown to Armageddon" enlightening. It's about World War I, including the run-up to the war. He has 20+ hours of material, and it's absolutely chilling.

If you're looking for an analogy to American politics as "second civil war", it won't help. But if you're looking for how two sides are willing to destroy themselves trying to destroy each other, it's amazing.

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Re:Rifts Break Open at Facebook Over Kavanaugh Hearing by thrower123 on Thursday October 04, 2018 @09:24PM (#18145020)
To stick with Dan Carlin, I think another applicable episode is Prophets of Doom, detailing the story of the city of Munster during the German Wars of Religion. Populism, charismatic leaders, conflict of neighbor against neighbor. The current situation has more of the feel of a religious schism to me than something like the Civil War, which was a largely regional division.
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