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When Barbara Tuchmann wrote "The Guns of August", Germany and France were not eagerly awaiting its publication so they could restart Word War I. Instead, as a professional historian, she saw a gap in the historical record that she could fill by using her knowledge and the sources available to her. Every once-in-awhile, someone will make good use of that book, often on a moment's notice, and almost never under specific circumstances that Ms. Tuchmann could have anticipated.
Likewise, if you see an apparent gap you can fill with your knowledge and sources, then you should fill it. That is what historians do. But whether you fill it or not should depend on your judgement. This Hamlet-like "maybe I will, maybe I won't" has the appearance of a form of blackmail to get people to do what you want them to do.
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