tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post2461359727290789668..comments2024-03-28T02:46:03.227-04:00Comments on The Historical Society: Judge Ye Not?Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-83676279141076516802010-03-03T14:55:37.705-05:002010-03-03T14:55:37.705-05:00Skip Stout's moral history of the civil war ju...Skip Stout's moral history of the civil war judges the armies of the North and South according to the moral ethics of their world.Mark Ashurst-McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04342748048504786987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-74035475187528789772010-02-12T09:07:13.273-05:002010-02-12T09:07:13.273-05:00Ruel: I thought the same before I assigned it. Bu...Ruel: I thought the same before I assigned it. But, the book does require a general knowledge of some of the major intellectual movements of the modern era. <br /><br />I can see how it would make a great text in the run up to grad school.Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-20452663195966392532010-02-12T08:45:30.356-05:002010-02-12T08:45:30.356-05:00I'm surprised that Gaddis' book was judged...I'm surprised that Gaddis' book was judged difficult. I found it one of the most lucid works on historiography that I have read. I read it before I started my current graduate studies in history at George Mason University, and having had to read quite a few of the other works cited in this post, still regard it as one of the best of the genre.Ruel Eskelsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11260328518856486094noreply@blogger.com