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- From: akerr@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Austin Kerr)
- Subject: Re: Does knowing history make any difference in policy?
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 13:57:33 GMT
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- My recollection is also that Senator Daniel Monyhan (sp) of New York as a Phd
- in history. My question, which arose from reading Reich's book (he is not a
- Phd historian, but says a range of history books were very important to his
- understanding of affairs), remains: is there any specific policy decision that
- was made differently because of the policy maker's knowledge of history--not
- the myths of history, but a substantive knowledge? (I do not mean an example of
- Dean Rusk who learned the "lessons" of Munich and applied those "lessons" to
- waging war in Vietnam.)
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- Expressed another way: is it important that historians play a role in advising
- policy makers?
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