Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Secondary Sources

Related time notes

  1. Why Historians rank sources?
    0:00Why proximity to events shapes source rankingQ&A
  2. Why Historians rank sources?
    0:41Jutland reports show why versions matterNotable Point
  3. Why do Historians always read the Source List first?
    1:10Secondary accounts add another layer of analysisNotable Point
  4. Why do Historians always read the Source List first?
    1:52Ask who supplied the informationNotable Point
  5. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    1:22:30Using acknowledged bias as historical evidenceQ&A
  6. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    7:21Why archive access limited the book's scopeNotable Point
  7. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    9:18Reconciling conflicting French fleet-location sourcesNotable Point
  8. So How Do You Do Archival Research? (Long Patrol)
    3:01Use a strong book to map the sourcesChapter
  9. So How Do You Do Archival Research? (Long Patrol)
    6:47Follow journal citations to primary materialNotable Point
  10. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    2:50:25How to read a partisan or unreliable historianQ&A