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Originally Posted by Jukka Juutinen
So? Then please explain that why there are numerous warship and tank books (and those warships and tanks were most probably designed for combat) that are very much aimed at readers who are interested in their engineering and mechanical features …
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I have no need to explain it since I didn't make the argument that the study of technical aspects was somehow of lesser value.
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history is an analytical science. Combat chronicling is not history.
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And how is one to produce an analysis without first establishing, as far as possible, what actually happened? Patterns are more likely to become apparent the more one can piece together the course of events; the discovery of more evidence may also invalidate a working hypothesis derived from one's initial findings.