Ar times of national crisis, such as war or periods of post-war readjustment, historians are likely to find themselves under pressure to sentimentalize the story of their country's development- if necessary, with some disregard of the truth. The teaching of history can indeed be used for the training of loyal citizens if the story of one's country is truly one of which the pa- triot can be prou…
T change, growth, and diversification, is today troubled by increas- ing doubts about its purposes and prospects. At the end of a pe- riod in which more historians produced more research in more fields than ever before, they stand wondering where the extraordinary boom of the postwar years had led them. It seems ironic that during the long decades of genteel poverty and painful maturation, even…
Ar times of national crisis, such as war or periods of post-war readjustment, historians are likely to find themselves under pressure to sentimentalize the story of their country's development if necessary, with some disregard of the truth. The teaching of history can indeed be used for the training of loyal citizens if the story of one's country is truly one of which the pa- triot can be proud…
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THE SOURCE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION, the ancient Near East, lies in a relatively small area of land where three continents-Asia, Africa, and Europe-come together Although our heritage is a long one, it is difficult to state with precision just when it began. Two quite different kinds of problems stand in the way of dating accurately the beginnings of our civilization. An obvious difficulty lies …
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