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The story of our civilization :10,000 years of western man
THE history of the Western peoples is a vast subject to which many volumes have been devoted. The aim of this book is not to repeat or even to summarize the historical narrative as such. It is, rather, to analyze, interpret, and, so far as possible, illuminate the most salient features of the Western experience to date. The book presents a survey of the characteristics and the course of Western civilization in an endeavor to estimate its achievements, assess its strength and weaknesses, discover its persistent or recurrent ob- jectives, and sug suggest areas where a more resolute application of its resources would be profitable. Examination is directed pri- marily to those movements and
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