As A Historian I’m Here To Tell You That History Is Not Always Written By The Victors

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History is written by the victors.

It’s an adage as old as time. Undoubtedly you’ve heard it uttered by some bitter high school Civics teacher, a basement dweller on a Conservative message board, or your little brother when he beats you at trivial pursuit and smugly makes you pick up the pieces. But as a full-time…