3/17/2009
Marozzi: The Way of Herodotus
Justin Marozzi: The Way of Herodotus - Travels with the Man Who Invented History
Hardcover: 348 pages
Publisher: Da Capo Press 2008
Justin Marozzi: The Way of Herodotus - Travels with the Man Who Invented HistoryHardcover: 348 pages
Publisher: Da Capo Press 2008
Justin Marozzi approaches his subject by following Dionysius' first century BC quip "History is philosophy from examples". The Way of Herodotus is an easy-to-read political travelogue with lessons for tolerance and peace.
"Bush's vision of the course of history was different [to Edward Gibbon]. 'We meet here during a crucial period in the history of our nation, and of the civilized world,' he told an audience of 1,400 at the black-tie dinner hosted by the American Enterprise Institute in Washington on 26 February 2003. 'Part of history was written by others: the rest will be written by us.' ...
"Bush like Darius and Xerxes before him, like Nooteboom's Napoleon and every other wartime leader we can think of, dismissed all anti-war advice. He had his own trusted advisers who wanted war and they carried the day. Like the God of Genesis, they wanted to remake Iraq and the Middle East in their image. They wanted to break from the region's dictatorial past and forge a democratic future. They wanted to make history." p. 76-77
Second Opinion: Tobin Harshaw / The New York Times
¶ 3/17/2009 09:28:00 ip. "Bush's vision of the course of history was different [to Edward Gibbon]. 'We meet here during a crucial period in the history of our nation, and of the civilized world,' he told an audience of 1,400 at the black-tie dinner hosted by the American Enterprise Institute in Washington on 26 February 2003. 'Part of history was written by others: the rest will be written by us.' ...
"Bush like Darius and Xerxes before him, like Nooteboom's Napoleon and every other wartime leader we can think of, dismissed all anti-war advice. He had his own trusted advisers who wanted war and they carried the day. Like the God of Genesis, they wanted to remake Iraq and the Middle East in their image. They wanted to break from the region's dictatorial past and forge a democratic future. They wanted to make history." p. 76-77
Second Opinion: Tobin Harshaw / The New York Times
