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Re: Heartbreaking Picture of War
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
For an educator I'm surprised you don't think historians would use contemporary accounts of those that were there and research them enough to be able to eliminate the biased or unreliable sources. Even Wikipedia lists four contemporary accounts.
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Just because a source is contemporary does not necessarily mean that they are truthful or accurate. It was not the time of fast global news as now and not everyone was concerned with writing the truth..indeed it might well be dangerous to put an independent viewpoint forward..
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