The Abuse of History: The Powers Being Used to Manipulate the Past

Russian servicemen take part in a military parade in Moscow’s Red Square November, 2011, to mark the 70th anniversary of Soviet soldiers marching through the square towards the front lines during World War II

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A date (not) to forget louisa lim 8

Who controls the past controls the future… sally gimson 11

Another country luka ostojić 14

No comfort in the truth annemarie luck 19

Unleashing the past kaya genç 22

Stripsearch martin rowson 26

Tracing a not too dissident past irene caselli 28

Lessons in bias margaret macmillan, neil oliver, lucy worsley, charles van onselen, ed keazor 31

Projecting Poland and its past konstanty gebert 35

Battle lines hannah leung and matthew hernon 38

The empire strikes back andrei aliaksandrau 40

Staging dissent simon callow 44

Eye of the storm omar mohammed 47

Desert defenders lucia he 50

Buried treasures david anderson 53

Masters of none bernt hagtvet 55

Naming history’s forgotten fighters raymond joseph 57

Colombia’s new history test irene caselli 60

Breaking from the chains of the past audra diptee 64

Rebels show royal streak layli foroudi 67

Checking the history bubble mark frary 70

Franco’s ghosts silvia nortes 72