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History is the study of the past, with special attention to the written record of the activities of human beings over time. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it often attempts to investigate objectively the patterns of cause and effect that determine events.

Historians debate the nature of history and the lessons history teaches. A famous quote by George Santayana has it that "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." The stories common to a particular culture, but not supported by external sources (such as the legends surrounding King Arthur) are usually classified as cultural heritage rather than the "disinterested investigation" needed by the discipline of history.

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A History of the Modern World
ISBN 0 -297 78475 7

From 1917 to the 1980's

Paul Johnson begins this dramatic account of the last six decades with ehe end of the First World War, which saw the destruction of the traditional European order, the triumph of Einstein's new cosomology, the full impact of Freudianism, the establishment of the First Marxist state and the genesis of the great Marxist heresy, Fascism. He traces the interplay of these forces during the aracdian Twenties, the desparate Thirties and the catastrophe of the Second World War. Within the framework of the ingenious organisational structure, which allows ample space for the vivid incident and telling anecdote, de describes the rise of the two super - powers, locked in Cold War, the Communist revloution in China, the deconilization of Africa and Asia and the tragic aftermath of independence, the stunning recovery of democracy and capitalism in Western Europe, the rise of the Pacific enterprise economies led by Japan, the radicalizing of Latin America, the expansion of the Soviet Russia as a global military power, the hegemony of the United States followed by its attempted suicide in the years 1965-1980.

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