An occasional feature, "Law Library Staff Recommend..." highlights books that Law Library staff members have read for enjoyment and now recommend that others consider for inclusion on their own reading lists. If you have any comments or questions about any of the titles presented in this feature, feel free to email lawlib@umn.edu or stop by the library.
Today we highlight Dangerous Games: the uses and abuses of history by Margaret MacMillan (Modern Library, 2009). A 2008 edition is available at Wilson Library at Call Number D13 .M33 2008.
View a description of the book, an interview with the author and more at the Modern Library website.
This book "reveals how a deeper engagement with history in our private lives and, more important, in the sphere of public debate can guide us to a richer, more enlightened existence, as individuals and nations." Check it out!