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secret history

British

noun

Also called: shadow history. a version of historical events which differs from the official or commonly accepted record and purports to be the true version

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That summer, he began to read the secret history of the Vietnam War.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

I uncovered extracts from the transcript of an interview given by Barclays cash trader Peter Johnson whilst researching a book I have written about the secret history of the interest rate rigging scandal.

From BBC ● May 22, 2023

Mars may have harbored life at some point, and more intense study of the planet might eventually reveal that secret history.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2022

A Times classic: The secret history of women in coding.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2022

The study was a secret history of the Vietnam War.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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