There Are No Inevitabilities In History

Every Good Historian Is Almost By Definition A Revisionist. He Looks At The Accepted View Of A Particular Historic Episode Or Period With A Very Critical Eye.

As A Child I Found Railroad Stations Exciting, Mysterious, And Even Beautiful, As Indeed They Often Were.

Hell Is Being Trapped In A Night-club With The'beautiful People'and Forced To Live In A'luxury Penthouse Flat'.

The Most Intimidating World Leader Was Lyndon Johnson, Who Became U.s. President When John Kennedy Was Assassinated. He Exulted In This Power And Liked To Inspire Fear.

Long Periods Of Recession, Which Tend To Be Self-perpetuating, Are Usually Ended By War, Or By Preparations For It.