Reflecting on “Military Histories” Military Histories Old and New: A Reintroduction by Robert M. Citino is a dense explanation of the depth of the field that is military history. Citino explains that despite being on the academic decline‚ military history continues to remain a popular genre in the public. Without attention to details Military Histories might have read a bit like a melting pot of book reviews. However‚ this essay covers an array of important details in this field. One of the first
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Put forth by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in his paper‚ “The Significance of the Frontier in American History‚” his thesis asserted that the existence of a frontier and its settlement had shaped American character; given rise to individualism‚ independence‚ and self-confidence; and fostered the American spirit of invention and adaptation. Later historians‚ especially a group of “New Western Historians‚” modified the thesis by stating the environmental and other consequences of frontier settlement
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American Studies 4 September 2015 History as One’s Interpretation In the opening chapter of A People’s History of the United States‚ the author‚ Howard Zinn‚ admits that he abandons neutrality and presents bias in order to tell the history of the United States from the victim’s perspective. Howard Zinn is a well-known historian and author‚ who has authored dozens of historical books and articles including You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train and A People’s History of the United States‚ written three
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Haitian historian and anthropologist. Trouillot uses anecdotes through 3 major historical events in history in this first chapter of his book. The Alamo‚ the Holocaust‚ and the significant events of U.S. slavery are all the narratives for which Trouillot assesses. Through these events he provides an analysis of actors‚ subjects and narrative. Trouillot argues that‚ “The vernacular use of the word history thus offers us a semantic ambiguity: an irreducible distinction and yet an equally irreducible
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Over the summer‚ I have read your novel‚ A Brief History of Montmaray. While reading it‚ I learned some interesting things about Montmaray and the FitzOsbornes family. First‚ Montmaray is an island lacking population with a crumbling castle. Second‚ the FitzOsbornes are not like any other royal families‚ as people would think. A Brief History of Montmaray was an interesting novel that helped better my understanding of the world and its history. First‚ Montmaray is an island lacking population. No
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In comparison to the rest of the world‚ the continent of Africa can quite often be described as a place riddled with tribal beliefs‚ ethnic conflicts and “bad” governance. It is believed to be backward and isolated from the world’s long history towards modernity.Within John Lonsdale piece “Globalization‚ Ethnicity and Democracy: A View from “the hopeless Continent”‚ he argues that contrary to popular belief Africa has gone through the processes of globalization and that its current issues are due
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In her article “A Hundred Years of Transgender History” Stryker describes a story of transgender history. Most of her article based on a nineteenth century or the beginning of twentieth century‚ the time when cross-dressing policies existed‚ making it illegal to be transgender. Stryker provides reader with many historical evidences such as a life story of transgender woman‚ known as Johanna‚ Jenny or John‚ or such as the description of African-American drag ball. These example make Stryker’s point
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Due to immense interest in evolution‚ the brain‚ and sex‚ Biologist David Bainbridge wrote Teenagers: A Natural History to discuss the uniquely human concept of adolescence. His book is divided into sections‚ beginning with the context of human development over the ages and how it compares to that of similar species. Bainbridge then moves into the main topic of his book‚ which resides in the topics of biological development in teenagers‚ mental differences in the sexes‚ and comparisons of adolescences
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Regarding lies‚ those about history are worse than those about popular culture. In Billy Collins’s “The History Teacher”‚ the teacher lies to his students about historical events. He tells them that wars that killed so many were only small kerfuffles. He says‚ “the Enola Gay dropped one tiny atom on Japan”. This is a big deal. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed thousands and still has repercussions today. while the kids might not believe that it was only one atom‚ hearing this version of the story
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John Lewis Gaddis is a history professor at Yale University‚ lecturing an undergraduate class every Monday and Wednesday on the Cold War. He wrote The Cold War: A New History based on questions some of his prior students had on the Cold War‚ as well as making a shorter‚ more understanding book for students to read. Gaddis provides a fantastic overview of the Cold War but could have organized the information a lot better. For instance‚ if he put it in chronological order rather than jumping back
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