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Originally Posted by John Vasco
Originally Posted by edwest2
History in the "what if" category is not history. It should be avoided.
Broncazonk: 'I COMPLETELY disagree. A smart historian is ALWAYS interested in examining alternatives'. History is factual about what actually happened. Are you a 'smart historian? |
I suppose it depends on what you are studying. If you are merely interested in reciting history, then the history is the history, and counting the beans of history is the only study.
If, however, you are trying to make history relevant to anything other than knowing or retelling the historic history, well, then you have to cast the net wider. If you study (are interested in) air strategy, grand strategy, war production, manpower allocation, logistics or tactics of any kind, well, then you have to start asking questions like, "why didn't they do this?" "What prevented them from doing that?"
Just depends on what you are interested in, I suppose.
Bronc