12.

WHY IS HISTORY TAUGHT LIKE THIS?

I do not know if there is any other

field of knowledge which suffers so

badly as history from the sheer blind

repetitions that occur year after year,

and from book to book.

—HERBERT BUTTERFIELD^1

There is no other country in the

world where there is such a large gap

between the sophisticated

understanding of some professional

historians and the basic education

given by teachers.

—MARC FERRO^2

When you’re publishing a book, if

there’s something that is

controversial, it’s better to take it

out.

—HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON REPRESENTATIVE^3