There is a saying that the winners write the history books. People are generally more likely to want to talk about success rather than defeat. There are examples of heroic defeat in history, but it is far less common than the so called glorious victory.Yes, I do think the winners write the history books.
There is a saying that, history is written by the victors! So the victors can be said to be biased (ie leaning towards their version of events).
The compact was written by the pilgrims saying that they were creating self government
The Thucydides changed the way history was written by using documents and eyewitness accounts to help him.This is how the Thucydides changed the way history was written.
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John Smith Futhey has written: 'History of Chester County, Pennsylvania' -- subject(s): Genealogy, Biography, History
Victor Warrender has written: 'The Warrender papers' -- subject(s): History
Victor Mays has written: 'Pathway to a village' -- subject(s): History
Victor Howells has written: 'A naturalist in Palestine' -- subject(s): Natural history
Victor S. Clark has written: 'History of manufactures in the United States'
Leonard Victor Huber has written: 'New Orleans, a pictorial history' -- subject(s): Pictorial works, History
Victor Brooks has written: 'Last season of innocence' -- subject(s): Nineteen sixties, Teenagers, History
Victor Tcherikover has written: 'Ha- Yehudim be-Mitsrayim' -- subject(s): Jews, History
Victor Chapot has written: 'The Roman world' -- subject(s): Antiquities, History 'Le monde romain' -- subject(s): Histoire, History
Victor Peters has written: 'Nestor Makhno' -- subject(s): Anarchism and anarchists, Biography, History
Victor-Emmanuel Largeau has written: 'A la naissance du Tchad' -- subject(s): Colonization, History
Victor B. Haagen has written: 'Alabama; portrait of a State' -- subject(s): History, Pictorial works
Victor Paulin has written: 'Guerre d'Italie en 1859' -- subject(s): History, Italy War of 1859