I don't think I would go that far. I think you can use history to demonstrate many truths about liberty and the desire of man to determine his own destiny. What I don't think you can do is take specific cases, such as the fall of Rome, and compare situations with modern times.
Well how about this. The "Lessons of History" are general and vauge. For example. A Lesson of History is to NEVER get involved in a ground war in Asia.