This article contributes to debates on appropriate levels of analysis, temporality, and the utility of fieldwork in relation to Peace and Conflict Studies (PCS), and International Relations more generally. It observes a recentism or privileging of the recent past in our studies and a consequent overlooking of the longer term. As a corrective, the article investigates the extent to which wartime memoirs and personal diaries (specifically from World War I and World War II) can help inform the study of contemporary peace and conflict. In essence, the article is a reflection on the epistemologies and methodologies employed by PCS and an investigation of the need for greater contextualisation.

本文有助于对与和平与冲突研究 (PCS) 以及更普遍的国际关系相关的实地工作的适当分析水平、时间性和效用进行辩论。它在我们的研究中观察到最近主义或特权，以及随之而来的对长期的忽视。作为纠正，本文调查了战时回忆录和个人日记（特别是第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战的日记）在多大程度上有助于为当代和平与冲突的研究提供信息。从本质上讲，这篇文章是对 PCS 所采用的认识论和方法论的反思，以及对更多情境化需求的调查。