Creating a historical narrative to suit a specific agenda

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The author of as source may have motivations other than to establish a purely factual account of a given event, while authors of sources may have motivations for creating a historical narrative to suit a specific agenda. Always do your best to establish as much contextual information as you can when reading history and ask yourself, "What is the purpose behind the creation of each source?"

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