Conventional versus revisionist methodology.
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:18 pm
What follows are some examples of conventional history versus historical revisionism.
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Here is a rather conventional interpretation of the causes leading to “WW I”:
So he blames Austria-Hungary (the Hapsburgs) and Russia (the Romanovs), together with Serb recklessness and Kaiser Wilhelm’s pig-headed arrogance.
But that’s because the “victor” gets to write the “history”.
Here some excellent examples of “historical revisionism” with respect to the conventional narratives above.
A major weakness of conventional history is that fails to account for “back room” and covert operations that go on behind the scenes.
And that is certainly the case with respect to the “secret” manipulations of Britain and France.
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Similarly, constructed legends like “Winston Churchill: Heroic Leader” are deployed by conventional “history” to mystify the actual role of these characters in the script.
The true scope and motives of those non-Germans who volunteered to fight for the Third Reich is studiously avoided, ignored or just suppressed. Especially from Europe and the Middle East.
And in particular from Scandanavia.
The "Winter War" (between Finland and the Soviet Union), just like the earlier "Spanish Civil War" (1936-39), tended to foreshadow what was coming.
And that is likewise the case with respect to the conditions of millions of ethnic Germans living throughout eastern Europe.
These comprised the "reich" that Germans recalled from the days of the "Holy Roman Empire".
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Here is a rather conventional interpretation of the causes leading to “WW I”:
So he blames Austria-Hungary (the Hapsburgs) and Russia (the Romanovs), together with Serb recklessness and Kaiser Wilhelm’s pig-headed arrogance.
But that’s because the “victor” gets to write the “history”.
Here some excellent examples of “historical revisionism” with respect to the conventional narratives above.
A major weakness of conventional history is that fails to account for “back room” and covert operations that go on behind the scenes.
And that is certainly the case with respect to the “secret” manipulations of Britain and France.
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Similarly, constructed legends like “Winston Churchill: Heroic Leader” are deployed by conventional “history” to mystify the actual role of these characters in the script.
The true scope and motives of those non-Germans who volunteered to fight for the Third Reich is studiously avoided, ignored or just suppressed. Especially from Europe and the Middle East.
And in particular from Scandanavia.
The "Winter War" (between Finland and the Soviet Union), just like the earlier "Spanish Civil War" (1936-39), tended to foreshadow what was coming.
And that is likewise the case with respect to the conditions of millions of ethnic Germans living throughout eastern Europe.
These comprised the "reich" that Germans recalled from the days of the "Holy Roman Empire".