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Military historians who think that unless whatever you wrote covered EVERY SINGLE ASPECT of an action, your content is invalid.
"Your Twitter thread didn't mention XYZ"
It's a thread. My goal is getting them interested enough to go learn more
Military historians who think that unless whatever you wrote covered EVERY SINGLE ASPECT of an action, your content is invalid.
"Your Twitter thread didn't mention XYZ"
It's a thread. My goal is getting them interested enough to go learn more
https://twitter.com/DrAngelaMuir/status/1405846013768777729
Just because I didn't over-explain it doesn't mean I didn't know it and consider it.
It just means it wasn't relevant to a broader narrative which has been caveated as BEING a broader narrative.
It just means it wasn't relevant to a broader narrative which has been caveated as BEING a broader narrative.
Or, to give a more specific example, not everyone gives a shit which exact unit was where, or the precise order of battle, before understanding the totality of what happened.
Wanting those things up front is often the result of a form of contextual privilege.
You kinda know enough about the broader situation or historical context already to want to jump to the hardcore detail.
It's sometimes easy to forget, as historians, that we carry that already.
You kinda know enough about the broader situation or historical context already to want to jump to the hardcore detail.
It's sometimes easy to forget, as historians, that we carry that already.
Railway nerdery is the same. Just swap "knowledge of junctions and signalling systems" for "order of battle"
Hard agree. Don't treat me not mentioning machine gun design in a thread on the Emu War as personally offensive.
Treat it as an opportunity to nerd out about machine guns in a QT thread of your own.
Because I will 100% then point people to it as well!
Treat it as an opportunity to nerd out about machine guns in a QT thread of your own.
Because I will 100% then point people to it as well!
https://mobile.twitter.com/CharleyHasted/status/1407372950303653889
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