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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 816993" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>There is a saying that in a war, the winner writes the history. Did Germany invade Poland in 1939, or did Germany prevent an allied plan to encircle and dismember Germany? You could simply state military facts about the war, but who fired what kind of mortar shells and what kind of tanks moved in what direction, but that doesn't really tell the history.</p><p></p><p>Was Stalin the leader who turned the Soviet Union into a super power, or a mass murderer? Interpretation of history isn't only political interpretations, but facts included or excluded plus weight given to those facts. During the cold war, how much weight was given to the fact that the "five-year-plan" killed millions of poor people and political opponents? During the cold war, how much weight was given to the fact that Stalin raised the Soviet Union to an economic and military super power? Was Mao a great leader who re-united China, or a mad-man who raped children? You don't even have to use the words "great" or "mad-man". It depends on which facts are presented and how much weight is given to them.</p><p></p><p>History should look at the politics of the past. I don't think the 18th amendment is widely discussed in schools today, only in passing. Why was the 18th amendment ratified? Why was the 18th amendment repealed? Why is it not discussed more in the history of the US? What lessons could the history of the politics around the 18th amendment teach us about similar things that are occurring today?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 816993, member: 2426"] There is a saying that in a war, the winner writes the history. Did Germany invade Poland in 1939, or did Germany prevent an allied plan to encircle and dismember Germany? You could simply state military facts about the war, but who fired what kind of mortar shells and what kind of tanks moved in what direction, but that doesn't really tell the history. Was Stalin the leader who turned the Soviet Union into a super power, or a mass murderer? Interpretation of history isn't only political interpretations, but facts included or excluded plus weight given to those facts. During the cold war, how much weight was given to the fact that the "five-year-plan" killed millions of poor people and political opponents? During the cold war, how much weight was given to the fact that Stalin raised the Soviet Union to an economic and military super power? Was Mao a great leader who re-united China, or a mad-man who raped children? You don't even have to use the words "great" or "mad-man". It depends on which facts are presented and how much weight is given to them. History should look at the politics of the past. I don't think the 18th amendment is widely discussed in schools today, only in passing. Why was the 18th amendment ratified? Why was the 18th amendment repealed? Why is it not discussed more in the history of the US? What lessons could the history of the politics around the 18th amendment teach us about similar things that are occurring today? [/QUOTE]
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