Write a 4,000-word historiography on the topic of how historians have argued that the application of philosophical ideas in Clausewitz’s On War, how these arguments have evolved, and why they have evolved as they have. The paper must have a thesis about how your historiographical literature evolved. It cannot be just a series of book reviews. And it’s not, repeat, not, a primary source research paper. We are writing about historiography, that is, about how historians have argued a topic and how and why those arguments have evolved, not about the topic of the argument itself.
No less than 15-20 sources (8 of which must be major monographs). Please note: Students who submit a standard research paper or a series of book reviews will miss the full focus of this exercise and will be graded accordingly. You should review the patterns we have read, but if you need a refresher on the focus and structure of historiography, please review the following: CUNY’s Guide to Historiography Submission Format
Scoring Criteria:
All written work, including this assignment, will be graded on the quality of three areas: ideas, presentation, and support. Ideas include the quality of your thesis and analysis, and how your ideas build on each other. The expression refers to your mastery of essay structure, grammar and punctuation, and clarity. Support refers to the quality of your source material and appreciation for it. See the assignment grading rubric in the “Assignment Guidelines” tab on the left-hand menu.
But remember: you are writing a historiography and not a research paper. Any research paper on a topic rather than a historiography paper will not be graded.
The bibliography should ideally include the following four works.
1、”A History of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to the Cold War” by Aazar-Gate
2、”Clausewitz and the State: The Man, His Theories, and His Times,” by Peter Paret
3、”Clausewitz and Contemporary Warfare,” by II, Antulio J. Echevarria.
4、Notes on Peter Paret and Michael Howard’s translation of The War