When reading history or works which rely greatly on perceived historical facts it is shocking how many otherwise brilliant historians

What happened in Libya was distinctly different from what had, and will, happen in the Arab world; Unlike in Tunis

Of all the classical historians to me Thucydides seems to be the one  with the greatest claim to legitimacy. This

The "20th century world" history A-level, while superior to many  other similar forms of qualification, is seriously flawed.

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