Sunday, March 20, 2011

HOW TO CURE WIDESPREAD
IGNORANCE OF MILITARY HISTORY

Writers of military history and historical novels in general have a personal interest in encouraging public knowledge of history – and in rectifying the deplorably high level of historical ignorance. Fashionable anti-war posturing may lend social cachet in liberal circles, but nevertheless some knowledge of the history of warfare is essential to a broader understanding of all human history.
See here why the widespread extent of the problem is inexcusable, and some suggestions how knowledge of history could be made more appealing:
-- Sidney Allinson.

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