On the Great Historical Importance of the Who

Finding out the solution to a great longstanding whodunit like who started World War I (see previous post) is greatly satisfying.

Somehow it is important to identify the individuals who involved in great historical acts. This is only way that any kind of wisdom can be gained from history, I believe---if it is told correctly, at least as far as the identity of the key actors.

Of course knowing the correct who of historical acts simply pushes the context of the questions back one level, but the questions that are asked now are of deeper meaning, because they are based on a foundation of something resembling truth.