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Title: Muddling through history
Review: This is one those books like Well's Outline of History that seem to reach beyond the grasp of any discipline. Is it a political denouement of historical erudition, a mystical perspective from the shoulder of giants (not cited of course), or just Lord Chicken Little establishing bona fides for advisory status for 10 Downing St. I don't know, and after two volumes of this potage including the kitchen sink, frankly, I don't care. Read Braudel's On History and save yourself a month of soporific gibberish.
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