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Does history education focus too much on warfare?
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Selected thesis
History education focuses too much on warfare.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1
Schools often focus on military history at the expense of other important topics.
Pro claim 2
Paying so much attention to the history of warfare normalizes violence.
Con claim 1
Wars are often some of the single most influential events in history.
Con claim 2
Wars often contain some of history's costliest lessons.