毛泽东读史,不只是读中国的,同时也读外国的,特别是对西方的历史,他也是常读不懈,十分了解的。英国作家威尔斯的《世界史纲》,就是他长置于床上,经常要翻阅的一本书。他既读世界通史,也读外国的国别史。为了研究美国的历史,他曾让人从北京图书馆借阅美国历史学家卡曼和施里特合 Mao Zedong’s reading of history did not just read China, but also read foreign countries, especially the history of the West. He was also very often reading and very well acquainted with history. British writer Welles’s “Outline of World History” is his long book in bed, often read. He read both the history of the world and the history of foreign countries. In order to study the history of the United States, he once let people from the Beijing Library borrow American historian Kaman and Schlitter