BIBLIORAPHICAL GUIDE TO SECONDARY SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE, 1912-1995
<p>Ideally, an historian, if he is to acquit his task, must know the total range and types of sources available to him, in and around the topic of his enquiry. Knowing what his colleagues have published is essential. However, it is hardly possible to compile, and keep up to date, a full biblio...
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| description | <p>Ideally, an historian, if he is to acquit his task, must know the total range and types of sources available to him, in and around the topic of his enquiry. Knowing what his colleagues have published is essential. However, it is hardly possible to compile, and keep up to date, a full bibliography. Selection is both subjective and arbitrary; and a selection of books, articles and manuscripts is no exception.</p> <p>Nonetheless, a serious researcher will attempt to make a survey of all the material, archival and secondary, which may conceivably be relevant to his topic. Geoffrey Elton has described this as "a broadfronted attack upon all the relevant material". This is of primary importance to historical scholarship. First and foremost, it is pointless to duplicate work once all the major issues and questions involved, have already been thrashed out by other historians. It has been said that history is an endless debate. This is true. However, debating historians must have something to say. An historian tackling a hackneyed topic, must either have discovered new evidence or must advance a novel interpretation of existing evidence.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c18b745244fd45418ec755e46c565ba62022-12-22T02:55:58ZafrStellenbosch UniversityScientia Militaria2224-00202012-02-0125210.5787/25-2-260BIBLIORAPHICAL GUIDE TO SECONDARY SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE, 1912-1995Ian Van der Waag<p>Ideally, an historian, if he is to acquit his task, must know the total range and types of sources available to him, in and around the topic of his enquiry. Knowing what his colleagues have published is essential. However, it is hardly possible to compile, and keep up to date, a full bibliography. Selection is both subjective and arbitrary; and a selection of books, articles and manuscripts is no exception.</p> <p>Nonetheless, a serious researcher will attempt to make a survey of all the material, archival and secondary, which may conceivably be relevant to his topic. Geoffrey Elton has described this as "a broadfronted attack upon all the relevant material". This is of primary importance to historical scholarship. First and foremost, it is pointless to duplicate work once all the major issues and questions involved, have already been thrashed out by other historians. It has been said that history is an endless debate. This is true. However, debating historians must have something to say. An historian tackling a hackneyed topic, must either have discovered new evidence or must advance a novel interpretation of existing evidence.</p>http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/260BIBLIORAPHICAL GUIDE TO SECONDARY SOURCESTHE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCEhistorical scholarshipmajor issues and questionsa full bibliographysubjective and arbitrary |
| spellingShingle | Ian Van der Waag BIBLIORAPHICAL GUIDE TO SECONDARY SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE, 1912-1995 Scientia Militaria BIBLIORAPHICAL GUIDE TO SECONDARY SOURCES THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE historical scholarship major issues and questions a full bibliography subjective and arbitrary |
| title | BIBLIORAPHICAL GUIDE TO SECONDARY SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE, 1912-1995 |
| title_full | BIBLIORAPHICAL GUIDE TO SECONDARY SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE, 1912-1995 |
| title_fullStr | BIBLIORAPHICAL GUIDE TO SECONDARY SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE, 1912-1995 |
| title_full_unstemmed | BIBLIORAPHICAL GUIDE TO SECONDARY SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE, 1912-1995 |
| title_short | BIBLIORAPHICAL GUIDE TO SECONDARY SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE, 1912-1995 |
| title_sort | biblioraphical guide to secondary sources on the history of the south african national defence force 1912 1995 |
| topic | BIBLIORAPHICAL GUIDE TO SECONDARY SOURCES THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE historical scholarship major issues and questions a full bibliography subjective and arbitrary |
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