Bad Historical Thinking: "History is Written By the Victors" - Nick Sacco

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One of the most unfortunate and widely-accepted ideas about historical thinking is that "history is written by the victors." This talking point asserts that the truth of the past is not shaped by reasoned interpretive historical scholarship or a factual understanding of the past, but by the might of the political and cultural leaders on the "winning" side of history.

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