2007-08 The History Boys

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Date:	2007-08
Link:	http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070507A.shtml
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Topics:	George W. Bush lessons from history Bush administration hypocrisy Harry Truman David Halberstam
Categories:	George W. Bush lessons from history Bush administration hypocrisy Harry Truman David Halberstam

The History Boys

by David Halberstam (Halberstam was killed in a car wreck 2007-04-23, so this must have actually been written before that): “In the twilight of his presidency, George W. Bush and his inner circle have been feeding the press with historical parallels: he is Harry Truman - unpopular, besieged, yet ultimately to be vindicated - while Iraq under Saddam was Europe held by Hitler. To a serious student of the past, that's preposterous. Writing just before his untimely death, David Halberstam asserts that Bush's "history," like his war, is based on wishful thinking, arrogance, and a total disdain for the facts.”