过去听说,西方社会是很重视历史教育的,这方面图书的出版量与中国同类图书相比也可谓惊人,而且我们常可在美、英、法主要书评报刊的每周图书排行榜上看到历史着作的身影。但《国际先驱论坛报》最近发表的这篇评论文章让人感到上述印象更像是个“假象”:即使在崇尚“保守”和“经典教育”的英国,基本历史事实的普及情况也好不到哪儿去。 In the past, the western society paid great attention to history education. In this respect, the publication volume of books is also striking compared with that of similar books in China. Moreover, we can often read the weekly book charts of the major book reviews of the United States, Britain and France To the history of the figure. However, the commentary recently published by the International Herald Tribune makes people feel that the above impression is more like a “false impression.” Even in Britain, which advocates “conservative” and “classical education,” basic historical facts Popularization is not much better.