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Dangerous Games: The Uses And Abuses Of History (Modern Library Chronicles),Used
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Margaret Macmillan, An Acclaimed Historian And Great Storyteller (The New York Review Of Books), Explores Here The Many Ways In Which Historyits Values And Dangersaffects Us All, Including How It Is Used And Abused. The New York Times Bestselling Author Of Paris 1919 And Nixon And Maoreveals How A Deeper Engagement With History In Our Private Lives And, More Important, In The Sphere Of Public Debate Can Guide Us To A Richer, More Enlightened Existence, As Individuals And Nations. Alive With Incident And Figures Both Great And Infamous, Including Robespierre, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Mao Zedong, Karl Marx, Henry Kissinger, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, And George W. Bush, Dangerous Games Explores Why It Is Important To Treat History With Care.History Is Used To Justify Religious Movements And Political Campaigns Alike. The Manipulation Of History Is Increasingly Pervasive In Todays World. Dictators May Suppress History Because It Undermines Their Ideas, Agendas, Or Claims To Absolute Authority. Nationalists May Tell False, Onesided, Or Misleading Stories About The Past. Political Leaders Might Mobilize Their People By Telling Lies. Adolf Hitler, For Instance, Blamed The Jews For Germanys Humiliation At Versailles And Its Defeat In World War I. It Is Imperative That We Have An Understanding Of The Past And Avoid The Alltoocommon Traps In Thinking To Which Many Fall Preyas Macmillan Skillfully Illuminates. This Brilliantly Reasoned Work Will Compel Us To Examine History Anew, Including Our Own Understanding Of It, And Our Own Closely Held Beliefs.
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