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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II
My take on Bungay is because in the world of academia he isn't (yet) considered worth mentioning, and even if my ideas seem to agree more with him than with James Holland (but then again it was semantics, Dutch or whoever it was picked strategically short sentences and put them out of context), I still don't repute his approach an academic one.
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This seems to confirm what I've suspected for a while, i.e. you don't appear to have read Bungay's book.
Consequently your opinions of Bungay's book are not your own and are based on the opinions of others.
Regurgitation of hearsay is
no different whatsoever to propaganda in this context and also demostrates a good deal of bias.
Given the above quote, I'm also beginning to wonder whether you've read James Holland's book also, which you advocated as being 'the definitive book'. More hearsay?
Your 'historical references' so far in this thread seem to come from either Wikipedia or a bonus DVD. Surprising from one who considers himself a member of the historical acadaemia.
I'd be happy to stand corrected of course.
Sorry folks, this is a bit out of context from the way the thread has progressed.