Experiencing the twentieth century

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History does not move at an even speed. There are decades in which it appears to stand still and in which the changes are gradual and, so to speak, underground. But there are other periods, of which the twentieth century is one, when, to quote a phrase used in the 1920s, History is galloping like a frightened horse." Historians and, perhaps more important, statesmen as different as Bismarck, Lenin, and Harold Macmillan have often seen history in terms of similar metaphors: it is like a river, a railway train, a great wind which carries us along with it. The optimists think they know where they are going and that they can choose their destination

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909.82 Exp

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Tokyo,Japan : univesity of tokyo press., 1985

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pages 379

Language

English

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4-13-027022-2

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909.82

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Subject(s)

Nobutoshi Hagihara

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