> History is a set of lies that people have agreed upon (attributed to Napoleon). If you hold this belief, you have no defense against all the charlatans that

> History is a set of lies that people have agreed upon (attributed to Napoleon). If you hold this belief, you have no defense against all the charlatans that wish to deceive you. Facts do exist--even in the humanities. Part of the job of modern history is actually to unearth the evidence that both contradicts and exposes the lies that have been promulgated.