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Well dine, Mr. Fox. Your engaging story reminds historians that our job is the reconstruction of past events, not the writing of melodramas, adventure stories, or editorials.

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Thanks, sir. The Tactical Notebook was an inspiration for starting this Substack. 👍

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History is as accurate as the historian recreating it.

And the accuracy of the historian depends upon the accuracy of his or her sources.

And that depends upon how much time the historian has spent, chasing up other sources to corroborate the initial ones.

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