The Uses and Abuses of History by Margaret MacMillan

The Uses and Abuses of History

Modern Library Chronicles #31

Margaret MacMillan

208 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced

Description

History is useful when it is used properly: to understand why we and those we must deal with think and react in certain ways. It can offer examples to inform our decisions and guesses about the consequences of our actions. But we should be wary of...

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