This year sees the 25th anniversary of the publication of Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers, a text on how best to use lessons of the past. It provides a corollary to the aphorism that those who cannot remember history are condemned to repeat it. This is especially relevant in Libya, where history has been enlisted to make the case both for and against military intervention.
今年是《考慮時間:決策者應借鑑歷史》(Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers)一書出版25週年,該書闡述瞭如何最好地從過去的事件中汲取教訓。這本書是「忘記歷史的人註定將重蹈覆轍」這句格言的推論。這對今天的利比亞尤其適用——無論是支持還是反對軍事幹預利比亞的人,都已經從史海中尋找論據。
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