|
Also, if John Gill is the main author of histories, I wouldn't be surprised if the people of the future were so confused about the past.
|
It might be that most of the fuzzily remembered wars (mainly in TNG and DS9) are forgotten because they were forgettable - but the Romulan War was such a huge deal that the Federation had to send out thousands of Men in Black to erase the memory of Vulcan-looking people having been the enemy. Back when so few people from the major worlds were starfaring (for various reasons - Earthlings too primitive, Vulcans too dogmatic, Andorians perhaps too militaristic, etc.), this might even have been almost practicable...
Timo Saloniemi