A Student's Guide to Study of History: History Guide (Guides to Major Disciplines) - Softcover

Lukacs, John

 
9781882926411: A Student's Guide to Study of History: History Guide (Guides to Major Disciplines)

Synopsis

To study history is to learn about oneself. And to fail to grasp the importance of the past―to remain ignorant of the deeds and writing of previous generations―is to bind oneself by the passions and prejudices of the age into which one is born. John Lukacs, one of today's most widely published historians, explains what the study of history entails, how it has been approached over the centuries, and why it should be undertaken by today's students. This guide is an invitation to become a master of the historian's craft.

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About the Author

John Lukacs is the acclaimed author of more than thirty works of history, including Five Days in London, May 1940, The Duel, The End of the Twentieth Century and the End of the Modern Age, Churchill: Visionary, Statesman, Historian, A Thread of Years, Historical Consciousness, and The Future of History. He has been called "America's greatest living historian" by Chronicles and "one of the more incisive historians of the twentieth century" by the Washington Times.

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