Name: In Defence of History
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Author: Richard J. Evans
ISBN: 9781783784592

Type

Physical Book

Author

Richard J. Evans

Publisher

Granta Books

Year

2018

Language

English

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781783784592

Synopsis "In Defence of History "

The classic explanation of the craft of history and the vital worth of historians to civilizationIn this volume, English historian Richard Evans offers a defence of the importance of his craft. At a time when fact and historical truth are under unprecedented assault, Evans shows us why history is necessary. Taking us into the historians' workshop to show us just how good history gets written, he demolishes the wilder claims of postmodern historians, who deny the possibility of any realistic grasp of history, and explains the deadly political dangers of losing a historical perspective on the way we live our lives.

Richard J. Evans

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Sir Richard J. Evans (born on September 29, 1947 in Woodford, London) is a British historian specialized in the history of Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries. He was a professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London (1989-1998) and, subsequently, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge (1998-2014). In 2012, he was knighted for his contributions to historical research.

Among his most notable works is the trilogy on the Third Reich: "The Coming of the Third Reich" (2005), "The Third Reich in Power" (2007), and "The Third Reich at War" (2011). Additionally, he has published "The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914" (2017) and "Hitler and the Conspiracy Theories: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination" (2021). These works, framed within the genre of political history, offer a deep analysis of Nazi Germany and modern Europe.

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