The uses and abuses of history
By: Margaret MacMillan.
Publisher: Viking Canada
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780670066803
Subjects: History -- Philosophy.; Historiography.; Decision making.; History -- Errors, inventions, etc.
Description: "MacMillan illustrates how dangerous history can be in the hands of nationalistic or religious or ethnic leaders who use it to foster a sense of grievance and a desire for revenge."
Notes: "Based on the Joanne Goodman lecture series of the University of Western Ontario" - - T.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192).