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The uses and abuses of history

by Margaret MacMillan

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Abuses of history can have dire consequences - look at Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Margaret MacMillan's argument for why history matters shows how treating the past with respect can lead us to a better understanding with the present.

HistoryPhilosophyHistoriographyDecision makingErrors, inventionsGeschichtsfälschungGeschichtsbildGeschichtsschreibungGeschiedenisGeschiedschrijvingMisbruikHistoriografi