Source Use & Citation

1. From analyzing Bess' work with his sources, what standards or rules does he seem to be following for citing his work?

During the first mention of a source he fully states: the authors first and last name, title of the work, publisher, and year of publication. When citing a source previously cited he shortens to last name, title, then page number; if the source is mentioned twice consecutively he uses 'Ibid' to shorten the citation even further.

2. Bess' work provides us with example of "Annotated" notes. (Examples: 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 25). Based on these examples, what do you understand annotated to mean?

Annotated in this context means to give credibility and specific relevance to the example used.

3. Are there sources in the notes that are not MENTIONED directly and explicitly in the text itself? If so, what rule seems to apply? How might he be making that determination?

In note 8 he mentions Reading the Holocaust and Morality after Auschwitz although he does not mention these books in the text. He does this to give examples and credibility to his argument stated on page 119, "...attracted a great deal of attention from scholars...", by giving examples. He clarifies this in the note by starting the note by saying 'See, for example...'

4. How did Bess credit hes sources in the text to make it obvious when he is working with the words of other authors.

By giving the name of the author in text and stating that he was quoting others texts.

5. In the passage, Bess is working with many primary and secondary sources, but makes extensive use of one in particular. Given how extensively he is using the work of other historians or researchers, what makes his argument original?

While Ordinary Men was a chronological series of events Bess wrote about the psycho analytical analysis to understand the decisions of the villages mentioned in Ordinary Men as well as using other books and works to support ideas and arguments presented in Choices Under Fire.

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