Why don't we learn from history?

By B.H. Liddell Hart

Book Overview

History; the kind of title that makes one wonder and consider. And consider we certainly should in an era when so much bad history and propaganda is being put before us from unknown sources and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006VUNYQ
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Hawthorn Books, Inc. Publishers
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Why Read History

This book answers the question, Why read history? It also warns of many problems you will find with written histories, for examples, "Blinding Loyalties", "Fear of Truth", "P.R.-mindedness". Two great quotes in this little book are "There is no excuse for anyone who is not illiterate if he is less than three thousand years old in mind" and "`History is universal experience' - the experience not of another but of many others under manifold conditions".

The man is a Genius

A must read for both the people and the leaders of ALL the dictatorial regimes around the world (democracies would also surely benefit) . A book for all times to come. His understanding and explanation of where the real power lies is outstanding. What s breathtaking is how relevent his arguments are today and how strinkingly similar the working of all governments turn out to be (as generalized by Hart). He deals with issues such as "patterns and psychology of dictatorship", "power politics in a democracy" and lastly the the "desire for power" and "War".