In Defence of History

In Defence of History

By
Richard J. Evans
Richard J. Evans
1997 • 388 pages

One of England's best historians has written a millennial successor to E.H. Carr's What is History? At a time of deep scepticism about our ability to learn anything at all from the past, Evans defends the importance of history incisively.

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