necessary and helpful to the study the context of prior history because it reveals who we are in relation to other people‚ cultures‚ and countries. They study of history can make up one’s whole being and how they live in a day-to-day basis. History can influence the way a person can process information‚ view other races and cultures‚ and even speak. There is an old saying “ If we don’t know where we come from‚ then we don’t know where we going”. Studying history helps us makes certain decisions and lets
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The Study of Prior History Winston Churchill is reported to have said: “Those who fail to learn from history‚ are doomed to repeat it”. And yet since the beginning of time‚ from biblical and ancient history to the present‚ history seems to be repeating itself. Going back about 2000 years ago‚ the Romans did not learn from the Babylonians when they invaded the Hebrews and a few hundred years later the Persians did the same. In the last century‚ Nazi Germany did not learn from Napoleon Bonaparte
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Studying History There are countless reasons for studying history. People always say‚ “History is important so that we do not repeat the mistakes of our past‚” but there is much to history than just learning from our mistakes. As The History Guide talks about‚ it comes down to history defines your identity. It is who you are because everything you do‚ everything you learn‚ and everything you want to be has to do with something you experienced in the past. If you like sports it’s probably because
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Why Do We Study History? The reasons for studying history vary from personal ones‚ to some that affect an entire society or group of people. As conscious beings‚ there always has been a need to study and learn why and how the world has evolved to its current point today. As an individual‚ one often hears‚ “learn from your mistakes.” The past teaches about mistakes‚ so one may learn from them. By learning the bigger lessons‚ not the tiny details‚ one can discover why they are who they are now. Finally
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An Unforgettable Way of Studying History Hi! This is Sherwin Ang‚ a student from the University of the Philippines. At this point‚ I’m taking up History I‚ which tackles about the history of the Philippines in different aspects-political‚ social‚ cultural and economical. You may think it’s just like any other history class that just lets you memorize certain dates and events. Sometimes‚ we tend to ask‚" Why do we have to study history‚ the past is already the past?" But you know after you attend
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the year Is 5000 and the study of history‚ especially the study of world history has completely disappeared ‚ no longer are students hunched over volumes and volumes of books trying their best to understand the world of the past. Instead the concept has been completely forgotten about‚ at this same time Germany has been on the move. Had anyone read the signs and known any of the worlds history it would be clear to them we were headed toward another holocaust; Jews forced into camps‚ mass graves being
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Lessons of History and Lessons of Vietnam DaviD H. Petraeus This article was first published in the Autumn 1986 issue of Parameters. One of the few unequivocally sound lessons of history is that the lessons we should learn are usually learned imperfectly if at all. —Bernard Brodie1 Trying to use the lessons of the past correctly poses two dilemmas. One is the problem of balance: knowing how much to rely on the past as a guide and how much to ignore it. The other is the problem of selection: certain
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importance now of studying history is being question by many especially the students. So‚ why do we bother ourselves with what has been? What is its significance to us? History is being regarded as his-story‚ his represents the mankind. And story has something to do with what had happened. In the Greek term for history is “historia”‚ which stands for the knowledge acquired through investigation. We are living in a present world and we plan and we worry about the future. History however is the study
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* There where many affects that impacted Australia on the Vietnam war ranging from the veterans psychologically and physically‚ their families whether it’s the loss of their son and husband or the damage inflicted on them psychologically and physically taking care of them for the rest of their lives or/until they are able to sustain by themselves. The biggest impact of the war was on the vetrans themselves. The things they seen and had to do some without a true explanation drove them insane with
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Communist witch hunt 1950: June -- Korean War begins 1951: January 12 -- Federal Civil Defense Administration established 1953: June 19 -- Rosenberg executions 1953: July -- Korean War ends 1954: March -- KGB established 1954: July -- Vietnam split at 17th parallel 1955: May -- Warsaw Pact formed
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