Each side tries to legitimize their aims by appealing to history, sometimes selectively choosing episodes and other times just by inventing history. (Norman Davies)

Each side tries to legitimize their aims by appealing to history, sometimes selectively choosing episodes and other times just by inventing history.

Norman Davies

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