Boots on the Ground

[BmorePat87]

(05-23-2015, 12:24 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Am I wrong that someone that have spent time in a country, travelling throughout it, speaking with its elders and former warlords has a better understanding of a country's history than someone that just read about it in a book?

Yes. Traveling somewhere and talking to people there doesn't mean you have a better understanding of the history.

It certainly could lead to knowing more, but based on your comments where you dismissed documented history of the last couple hundred years, the answer to whether or not you have a better understanding appears to be "no". Not that you asked if you had a better understanding, but that would be the answer until proven otherwise.