History the Weapon
By Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

The article "History The Weapon" can be described as being similar to the game "Telephone", in which a phrase/message becomes completely misrepresented as it passes from person to person over a period of time. History, according to the article, is subject to the influences of the historian. It describes many examples of how history can be interpreted so differently depending upon how the recollection benefits specific goals of a person, politics, country etc.
Interestingly, it points out in one example, how Japanese scholars have taught their children that during the Japanese War, Japan was the victim. If you study cultures of North Korea, they still believe they were the victim. My last report "The Death March", tells of a completely different side of this particular time in history.
History does teach us about our past, as biased as it may be. We have had the opportunity to have this information available to us so that we may......

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Title: History The Wepon Review
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