It seems the most recent history often gets the most attention, I understand that. But those who are not willing to blindly accept everything simply at face value, will quickly learn with much recent history, the facts are still evolving, like in Vietnam, the Gulf of Tonkin incident that tiggered US military involvement was far from what it was originally purported to be, and more important in history, much of what happens is based on and related to the prior history of an event. A good example of that is when trying to sort out the current long running Mideast mess is it's best to first research and understand the Sykes-Picot agreement. It never ends. and books are the best source to gain an understanding of history, which seems to be a lost art and cause lately, and sadly.