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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (26890)12/10/1998 11:53:00 PM
From: jbe  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
<<My historical journey has convinced me that the Jews were the driving force behind the Communist Russian Revolution of l917.>>

You know, it is odd. No non-physician would set up to practice medicine (unless he were a crook). No non-lawyer would hang out a shingle to practice law. No non-chemist would think of taking charge of a laboratory. And so on.

Why is it that people often forget it takes preparation to practice history? Because it is so easy to read history, they think it is easy to interpret it.

Not so, however. And if you are going to try to develop a theory about the origin of the Russian Revolution, Emile, you need at least the following:

1) A reading knowledge (and preferably a speaking knowledge as well) of Russian; reading knowledge of French and German.

2) A thorough familiarity with the standard interpretations and secondary sources.

3) An ability to work with and to evaluate primary sources.

4) A knowledge of what materials are contained in which archives and libraries; and also, if possible, access to surviving family members of notable (and not so notable) figures of the Revolution.

Do you meet the above requirements, Emile? If so, can you specify the level of your language preparation? How do you evaluate the latest scholarship on the Russian Revolution? What works on the Russian Revolution do you most admire/agree with? What archives have you worked in?

jbe


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