John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University. A leading authority on Cold War history, his books include We Now Know, The Long Peace, and Strategies of Containment.

"These engaging and accessible lectures describe why history matters. Non-historians who want to learn more about the field will find the book illuminating, and historians will learn from the tools provided."--The San Francisco Chronicle

• Preface ; 1. "The Landscape of History" ; 2. "Time and Space" ; 3. "Structure and Process" ; 4. "The Interdependency of Variables" ; 5. "Chaos and Complexity" ; 6. "Causation, Contingency, and Counterfactuals" ; 7. "Molecules with Minds of Their Own" ; 8. "Seeing Like a Historian" ; Notes ; Index

John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University. A leading authority on Cold War history, his books include We Now Know, The Long Peace, and Strategies of Containment.

"These engaging and accessible lectures describe why history matters. Non-historians who want to learn more about the field will find the book illuminating, and historians will learn from the tools provided."--The San Francisco Chronicle

• Preface ; 1. "The Landscape of History" ; 2. "Time and Space" ; 3. "Structure and Process" ; 4. "The Interdependency of Variables" ; 5. "Chaos and Complexity" ; 6. "Causation, Contingency, and Counterfactuals" ; 7. "Molecules with Minds of Their Own" ; 8. "Seeing Like a Historian" ; Notes ; Index

John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University. A leading authority on Cold War history, his books include We Now Know, The Long Peace, and Strategies of Containment.

"These engaging and accessible lectures describe why history matters. Non-historians who want to learn more about the field will find the book illuminating, and historians will learn from the tools provided."--The San Francisco Chronicle

• Preface ; 1. "The Landscape of History" ; 2. "Time and Space" ; 3. "Structure and Process" ; 4. "The Interdependency of Variables" ; 5. "Chaos and Complexity" ; 6. "Causation, Contingency, and Counterfactuals" ; 7. "Molecules with Minds of Their Own" ; 8. "Seeing Like a Historian" ; Notes ; Index