wspapers, and memoirs, but views them as raw materials. She argues that human beings are always and finally the subject of history. She defines history as “the past events of which we have knowledge and refrain from worrying about those of which we have none” (Tuchman 605). Tuchman believes that history is the record of human behavior, the most fascinating subject of all (607). She also believes that the main role of historians is to stay within the evidence.Only so many people can record any event in history and only a portion of these recordings are likely to be seen. We can probably rely on the dates and times of events, but those particulars are not necessarily what make up the meat of history. It is the people, the circumstance, and the events that make up history and teach us who we are and were we, as a people, have come from. The common people have always been an important part of history and without the recording of their information much of history is lost. Even people who all attend the same event will give different accounts of the occurrences, so how can we expect the historians to be completely infallible? We can’t.It is the bias of historians that has kept us from learning of important facts throughout history. And when we do learn of the facts they differ from the next dramatically at times. Carr does an excellent job in addressing these issues whether directly or by inference. Tuchman also makes some valid remarks regarding the role and purpose of historian. In the end, the question is did we get all of the facts regarding history, or was it just the historians opinion of the events? ...
