The Uses and Abuses of History
The Uses and Abuses of History
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Summary
If misrepresented, the past can cause confusion, conflict and tragedy. With care, it can help us to understand the present. Award-winning historian Margaret MacMillan proves that history really does matter.
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The Uses and Abuses of History by Margaret Macmillan
The past is capricious enough to support every stance - no matter how questionable. In 2002, the Bush administration decided that dealing with Saddam Hussein was like appeasing Hitler or Mussolini, and promptly invaded Iraq. Were they wrong to look to history for guidance? No; their mistake was to exaggerate one of its lessons while suppressing others of equal importance. History is often hijacked through suppression, manipulation, and, sometimes, even outright deception. MacMillan's book is packed full of examples of the abuses of history. In response, she urges us to treat the past with care and respect.
No history lover should fail to digest the lessons of this short but brilliant book-- Simon Heffer * Daily Telegraph *
A magnificent book, wise and timely * Tribune *
This is history used as its own best argument * Toronto Sun *
Swift and bracing * Independent *
A magnificent book, wise and timely * Tribune *
This is history used as its own best argument * Toronto Sun *
Swift and bracing * Independent *
MARGARET MacMILLAN is the renowned author of the international bestsellers The War that Ended Peace, Nixon in China and Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War, which won the Duff Cooper Prize, the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, the Samuel Johnson Prize, and the 2003 Governor General's Literary Award in Canada. The past provost of Trinity College at the University of Toronto, she is now the warden of St. Antony's College at Oxford University.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781846682100 |
| ISBN 10 | 184668210X |
| Title | The Uses and Abuses of History |
| Author | Margaret Macmillan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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