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| + | A particularly egregious confirmation and example of victor's history bias is Winston Churchill's observation ''"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it"'' <ref>[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/winstonchu161247.html#EtOLZOcJirdvEqHh.99 History will be kind to me for I intend to write it] - Brainy Quote</ref>, in light of his self-serving 6 volume history of [[WWII]]. <ref>[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Second-World-War-Six-Set/dp/B000H6E98Q/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399883927&sr=1-5&keywords=the+second+world+war+winston+churchill The Second World War: Six Volume Set] - Amazon UK</ref> and the dominant western narrative of [[WWII]] as "The Good War" when it was clearly even more irredeemably evil than any which went before it. | ||
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A particularly egregious confirmation and example of victor's history bias is Winston Churchill's observation "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it" [1], in light of his self-serving 6 volume history of WWII. [2] and the dominant western narrative of WWII as "The Good War" when it was clearly even more irredeemably evil than any which went before it.
References
- ↑ History will be kind to me for I intend to write it - Brainy Quote
- ↑ The Second World War: Six Volume Set - Amazon UK
