1. Most of them are one time vanity
productions, Designed to fill a need, and make an immediate profit for the
producer. Not to be sold on a continuing basis.
2. Anything once in print becomes ‘truth’ liable to be repeated over and over in future authors works, And having been in print becomes a useful footnote.
3. There is little verifiable martial
history that is published in most
books. That does not mean
the oral history is wrong, just unverifiable.
4. And reality is that there are multiple
histories based on differing viewpoints which have become realities
for those students.
Working out which details are’ truth’
becomes a very complicated endeavor.
Take one real event in time, the Battle of Gettysburg from the
American Civil War.
Literally thousands of books have been published to explain what
occurred on those 3 days, and many more books are to be published in the
future, for sure.
If one 3 day period generates so much publication, why would you
believe any martial system would be less complicated to understand.
Not
suggesting it should not be done, just there will be other points of view no
matter what effort is made.
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