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The best-known popular history books are usually not written by the best historians in their fields, because writing popular history does not earn academic advancement.

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  1. Bret Devereaux

    Ancient and military historian specialising in the economy…

    pop history will not get you tenure, which leads to neglect in the academy and consequently the big pop-history books are often not written by the best historians in their fields.

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