The Control of the Past Herbert Butterfield and the Pitfalls of Official History

Herbert Butterfield (1900-1979) was one of the earliest and strongest critics of what he saw as the British government's attempts to control the past through the writing of so-called, 'official histories'. His famous diatribe against the 'pitfalls' of government-mandated his...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London University of London Press 2021
Series:IHR Shorts
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