‘History’ Archive

Spinning the War of 1812 10/06/2011 No Comments

Canadian Blitzkrieg captures Detroit and Chicago! Toronto and Buffalo left in ruins! British intervene on Canadian side and capture Washington D.C.! Sounds like some kind of a fantasy novel, doesn’t it!  Well, it actually happened.  It was the War of 1812, and Americans don’t remember it much, though our National Anthem came out of it. [...]

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Learning from Francis Fukuyama 08/10/2011 2 Comments

I have finished Francis Fukuyama’s magnum opus, The Origins of Political Order, and as you might expect I like the way he cuts across traditional categories. Of course I have read his notorious The End of History and the Last Man, which became a laughingstock – somewhat unfairly.  I think his point is that under modern [...]

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