October 29, 1999

It May Be Chiefly About 'Dead White Males,' but Diplomatic History Is Still Important

To the Editor:

If indeed diplomatic history ... is losing favor in history departments across the country, it is not because diplomatic historians as a group are "triumphalist" or theoretically impoverished, as suggested by Jeff Sharlet's article ("Why Diplomatic Historians May Be the Victims of American Triumphalism," September 24). Anyone who makes this claim is ignorant of the breadth of work done in the field, the field's strong analytical and scholarly

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