READING HISTORY

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  • Lessons from history

    The phrase “lessons from history” is guaranteed to make professional historians shift uneasily in their seats. Our training, and our teaching, emphasizes the need to understand the specific context of historical events and documents, and to avoid glib generalization. This… Continue reading

  • It’s a Whole New World

     With apologies to Joseph Heller and Catch 22:  “What? What must I do?”      Colonel Korn laughed curtly. “Like us.”      Yossarian blinked. “Like you?”      “Like us.”      “Like you?”      “That’s right,” said Colonel Korn, nodding, gratified immeasurably… Continue reading