History is not always written by the winners. A history textbook may include some of a country’s achievements, but they also include points in history that the country is not proud of. For example, American textbooks tell of America gaining its independence, but they also include the American Civil War and when America has experienced financial difficulties in the past. If America was writing its history from a winning perspective, I do not think that they would include when the American people were fighting one another. Also, if America was only writing about the good parts in its history, textbooks would portray all of our presidents as perfect and nothing would ever be said against them. American textbooks would also not include such things as the terrorist attack in 2001. If American textbooks were written only from the winning side, then there would be no mistakes to learn from. After all, part of learning history is to learn from the mistakes that our country has made in the past and to be able to help prevent them from happening again in the future.
