on "the Penguin History of the World"# Translation - 译林
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Let me start by saying that this book should be called instead "History of
Europe". Behind the pretense of a decent attempt at summerizing the history of
the world, this book is, more than anything else, one man's nostalgia of the
good old days of the great European power over the rest of the world. And even
that part of history is twisted in this unfortunate book. The author, while
being a venerated historian, didn't even bother to pretend to be unbiased. His
personal views were constantly refl
Europe". Behind the pretense of a decent attempt at summerizing the history of
the world, this book is, more than anything else, one man's nostalgia of the
good old days of the great European power over the rest of the world. And even
that part of history is twisted in this unfortunate book. The author, while
being a venerated historian, didn't even bother to pretend to be unbiased. His
personal views were constantly refl