
Dangerous Games
The Uses and Abuses of History
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Barbara Caruso
As professional 21st-century historians cede the literary field to the popular amateur, history and its meanings become muddled - especially in the punditocracy championed by modern media. Copious amounts of cherry-picked facts and manufactured heroes are used to create a narrative rather than give any insight into past events. MacMillan offers an antidote to this by providing the necessary tools to help interpret history in constructive ways.
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"This is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the importance of correctly understanding the past." ( Publishers Weekly, starred review)
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