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Название: Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past Автор: Richard Cohen Издательство: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 1982195789 Год: 2022 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 784 Размер: 124,1 МБ Язык: Английский
There are many stories we can spin about previous ages, but which accounts get told? And by whom? Is there even such a thing as “objective” history? In this lively and thought-provoking book, Richard Cohen reveals how professional historians and other equally significant witnesses, such as the writers of the Bible, novelists, and political propagandists, influence what becomes the accepted record. Cohen argues, for example, that some historians are practitioners of “Bad History” and twist reality to glorify themselves or their country.