最近这些历史学家继承了比尔德、贝克等二十世纪早期“进步派”历史学家的一些观点，他们提出的观点值得我们仔细分析。

Inheritors of some of the viewpoints of early twentieth-century Progressive historians such as Beard and Becker, these recent historians have put forward arguments that deserve evaluation.

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历史学家，他信的传记作者克里斯·贝克表明，某些人设想红衫军将会打道回府，回家种田，这只是一个一厢情愿的想法。

To imagine, as some do, that the red shirts will all go home to tend their fields is wishful thinking, argues Chris Baker, a historian and biographer of Mr Thaksin.

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贝克先生解释说，如果把野草都烧掉，就能看到类似的人造产品到处都是，贝克是一名历史学家，他对于这些荒芜城镇孩子般的热情和他的实际年龄有些不符。

If a brush fire clears the grass, you'll see artefacts like this everywhere, explains Mr Baker, a historian whose boyish enthusiasm for ghost towns belies his years.

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