Author concludes that Taylor's book can be read, as Taylor himself himed it should be, as an admonitory fable on the cause and prevention of war. Taylor's brilliance as a narrative historian should not blind us to the defects of his book as a literal account of the era of appeasement.
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Ajp Taylor and the Origins of the Second World War
Author concludes that Taylor's book can be read, as Taylor himself himed it should be, as an admonitory fable on the cause and prevention of war. Taylor's brilliance as a narrative historian should not blind us to the defects of his book as a literal account of the era of appeasement.
Author concludes that Taylor's book can be read, as Taylor himself himed it should be, as an admonitory fable on the cause and prevention of war. Taylor's brilliance as a narrative historian should not blind us to the defects of his book as a literal account of the era of appeasement.
Bruce Cumings (1993) - "'Revising Postrevisionism,' Or, The Poverty of Theory in Diplomatic History," Diplomatic History, Vol. 17, No. 4, Pp. 539-570. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7709.1993.tb00599.x