Barbara W. Tuchman Quote

There is no such thing as a neutral or purely objective historian. Without an opinion a historian would be simply a ticking clock, and unreadable besides.


The New York Times Book Review (8 March 1964)


There is no such thing as a neutral or purely objective historian. Without an opinion a historian would be simply a ticking clock, and unreadable...

There is no such thing as a neutral or purely objective historian. Without an opinion a historian would be simply a ticking clock, and unreadable...

There is no such thing as a neutral or purely objective historian. Without an opinion a historian would be simply a ticking clock, and unreadable...

There is no such thing as a neutral or purely objective historian. Without an opinion a historian would be simply a ticking clock, and unreadable...