Areas Of Knowledge- History

"History is a science, no more and no less."
J. B. Bury

The past is a concept that is well known in history and perhaps it is a philosophical concept that history itself is trying to understand. In our studies, we are given the general idea that we must study the past in order to understand the present and what is currently going on in the world; as the past contains generalized information on our actions and therefore we can understand the reasons for our current actions by studying the past. 

Although the past may determine why we act in a certain way in our present society, sometimes the past contains many shameful actions carried out by the countries such as the world wars, the civil wars and other errors that were simply made due to misinformation or grudges that were maintained over several years. This reason may lead countries to rewrite their own history in order to hide their moral errors or shameful defeats, one clear example that is still present today is North Korea.    

Here I will post a link to North Korea's creative story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3096265.stm    

According to the information presented on this link, North Korea (in 1950-1953) tried to forcibly unify itself with South Korea resulting in the Korean war which ended in a stalemate, but according to North Korea, the war ended in a "glorious victory" by the North Korean forces. This misinformation is what every child that lives in North Korea is being taught and their also being taught that the United States started the war by influencing the South to attack first. This brainwashing method was also utilized by Nazi Germany as Hitler usually influenced young people as they were the most volatile and also the most influential. 

I believe that rewriting history in order to achieve personal goals is like brainwashing people into believing what is most beneficial for the country, not the individuals and therefore I believe that rewriting history is wrong in any perspective as it is forcibly implementing an idea which is not correct and that will only be an "obstacle" in the path of knowledge for the individuals in a country.