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Introduction
applied history is the idea of studying history not for its own sake, but what it can teach you about how to handle problems. Halbrands' new book twilight struggle makes the best case i've read that studying this eraan ed important perspective into present day challenges. There has long been a concern that doing history with an eye to shaping policy risks deluding or compromising the scholarly objectivity on which good history it's supposed to depend. But i think there are ways of balancing that challenge.