Pocket • 2010 • Engelsk

Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History

Name: Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History
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ISBN: 9780812979961

Av Margaret MacMillan

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Acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan explores here the many ways in which history affects us all. She shows how a deeper engagement with history, both as individuals and in the sphere of public debate, can help us understand ourselves and the world better. But she also warns that history can be misused and lead to misunderstanding. History is used to justify religious movements and political campaigns alike. Dictators may suppress history because it undermines their ideas, agendas, or claims t...Vis mer

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ISBN

9780812979961

Forlag

Modern Library

Publiseringsår

2010

Språk

Engelsk

Originaltittel

Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History

Format

Pocket

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