(DOWNLOAD) "How Good was the Good war? (Symposium)" by The American Conservative # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: How Good was the Good war? (Symposium)
- Author : The American Conservative
- Release Date : January 14, 2008
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 94 KB
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FOR MANY AMERICANS, World War II remains the Great Crusade. For George W. Bush, John McCain, and legions of Churchill-worshipping neoconservatives, it is that and more: they take from the war--especially the war against Hitler--"lessons" that must inform current American statecraft. Patrick Buchanan disagrees. In Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War, a book critically reviewed for TAC by historian John Lukacs, he depicts the war as an avoidable disaster and object lesson in what not to do. Revisionism is the lifeblood of history. Facts may not change, but with the passage of time perspective can. Perhaps the moment is ripe for Americans to take a fresh look at World War II, one that might revolve around the following questions: