Histories of Nations: How Their Identities Were Forged Military history Holly Lawrence always wanted to

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Histories of Nations: How Their Identities Were Forged Military history Holly Lawrence always wanted toPeter Furtado National history is a vital part of national self definition. Most books on the history of the world try to impose a uniform narrative, written usually from a single writer's point of view. Histories of Nations is different: it presents 28 essays written by a leading historian as a 'self portrait' of his or her native country, defining the characteristics that embody its sense of nationhood. The countries have been selected to represent