With the vast amount of history in the entire world, history has to be broken into different categories and be analyzed by different historians. Who are these different historians? Some examples include political historians, economic historians, cultural historians, psychohistory historians, and many more. Personally, I see myself as an intellectual historian because I find interpreting ideas to be very interesting. Norman J. Wilson claimed that it is the idea that “historical changes happen when ideas motivate people to take action.” Intellectual history can be described as the “history of ideas.” I find myself intrigued by all of the context behind a historical event and how ideas behind that event were produced by society. Additionally,
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The First World War fascinates me because of all the ideas of nationalism, the attitudes that people had towards the war, the historical figures such as President Woodrow Wilson or Kaiser Wilhelm II, the weapons that were used, and the trenches. I am intrigued by the ideas behind many of the documents, writings, and poems that came out of the muddy trenches during the war. Similar to the First World War, there are countless instances within history were history itself was influenced by an idea or by the outcome of a war. To me personally, I extremely enjoy learning about the ideas behind the causes wars and revolutions, which explains why I picture myself as an intellectual and a military historian. Furthermore, I enjoy asking questions about a certain historical topics and then examining the details of what ideas started the war or revolutions. For example, I will frequently ask questions such as how did Darius I and the Persian Empire fail to conquer Greece in 490 BCE, or why did the original American colonies choose revolt against the British, or why did the soldiers of the First World War choose to fight in trenches? As Richard Marius once said “keep in mind these familiar questions—who, what, when where, and
The First World War fascinates me because of all the ideas of nationalism, the attitudes that people had towards the war, the historical figures such as President Woodrow Wilson or Kaiser Wilhelm II, the weapons that were used, and the trenches. I am intrigued by the ideas behind many of the documents, writings, and poems that came out of the muddy trenches during the war. Similar to the First World War, there are countless instances within history were history itself was influenced by an idea or by the outcome of a war. To me personally, I extremely enjoy learning about the ideas behind the causes wars and revolutions, which explains why I picture myself as an intellectual and a military historian. Furthermore, I enjoy asking questions about a certain historical topics and then examining the details of what ideas started the war or revolutions. For example, I will frequently ask questions such as how did Darius I and the Persian Empire fail to conquer Greece in 490 BCE, or why did the original American colonies choose revolt against the British, or why did the soldiers of the First World War choose to fight in trenches? As Richard Marius once said “keep in mind these familiar questions—who, what, when where, and