Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History
Categories: History, Politics & Social Sciences
Historian Margaret MacMillan looks at how history is used, and misused, by politicians, nations and groups to justify their actions. With examples from many countries, she shows how distorted versions of the past are used to support nationalism, territorial claims and wars, and how history can also offer real guidance when approached with humility and nuance. The short book argues for careful, honest history as a check on dangerous myths.
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- Shane Parrish: “This book examines the ways history has been appropriated to support or promote a particular narrative and points out the caution we must exercise when we look to the past in order to understand the present or predict the future.”