HIS 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Osama Bin Laden, Mujahideen, Bush Doctrine
18 Jan 2017
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Wednesday december 14th, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm final exam for the 10:00 am class. Friday december 16th, 10:30am to 12:30pm appreciated online survey. (click here) But first: let"s spend maybe (cid:887) minutes completing this not-graded, anonymous, but much. What"s history good for: (cid:498)avoiding the mistakes of the past(cid:499, (cid:498)understanding where we come from(cid:499) A better answer: appreciating cause and effect. Especially when their beliefs and actions are very different from yours: appreciating that (istory is always changing . It isn"t just looking over the facts we already have from the past. And isn"t just collecting more facts about the past: )t"s also about continually analyzing what those facts, thoughtfully studying history can make you a better person add up to, the different ways we can interpret their meaning. Building a better sense of perspective, modesty, and decency. Nixon: (rep. 1969) from anti-communist warrior to d tente. Soviet d tente: while playing nuclear chicken .
