[Salon] Geoff Roberts takes on Plokhy's "The Russo-Ukrainian War"

[Kelley Vlahos <vlahos@quincyinst.org>]

New on RS today, Geoff Roberts highlights the problem with historians trying to tell the story of the Ukraine war as it unfolds and with unapologetic biases. "Plokhy has no privileged access to sources or material evidence. Like all outside observers of these ongoing events, he must rely on information emerging from a very murky pool fed into by media reports, unsourced anonymous intelligence briefings, uninterrogated witness statements, participants’ post hoc memoirs, internet sources and an incessant stream of propaganda claims."

More here: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/08/02/the-trouble-with-telling-history-as-it-happens/

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