False Lessons of History
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Gene Callahan, in his essay ôThe Lessons of History,ö explains how false lessons can be derived from history. One way of doing this is by ôcherry-pick[ing] your examples,ö i.e., choosing only the ones that prove your point. Another is ôcontra-factual history,ö or assuming that something would certainly have occurred if events had gone another way (Callahan). An example of the latter is Patrick BuchananÆs contention in ôA Republic, Not an Empire: Reclaiming AmericaÆs Destinyö concerning the entry of the United States into World War I: "The War to make
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