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* In European history it is quite common for histories of a large war to come from everyone concerned. That is because despite all of Europe's wars it is rare that a major state is actually eliminated. Usually they just hold a [[Peace Conference]], exchange provinces and then get back to plotting their next evil deeds.
* Invoked by [[Winston Churchill]], who is also the [[Trope Namer]]
{{quote|History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.}} (And he did: among other works, a six-volume History of the Second World War.)
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