This is a practical guide to the historical study of
international politics. The focus is on the nuts and bolts of
historical research--that is, on how to use original sources,
analyze and interpret historical works, and actually write a work
of history. Two appendixes provide sources sure to be indispensable
for anyone doing research in this area.
The book does not simply lay down precepts. It presents
examples drawn from the author's more than forty years' experience
as a working historian. One important chapter, dealing with
America's road to war in 1941, shows in unprecedented detail how an
interpretation of a major historical issue can be developed. The
aim throughout is to throw open the doors of the workshop so that
young scholars, both historians and political scientists, can see
the sort of thought processes the historian goes through before he
or she puts anything on paper. Filled with valuable examples, this
is a book anyone serious about conducting historical research will
want to have on the bookshelf.
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