The option that describes the revisionist or conflict perspective in historiography is: History should be viewed from perspectives that are not commonly held. Option A is correct.
Historiography refers to the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline. Besides it constitutes any body of historical work on a particular subject.
The historiography of a specific topic deals with how historians have studied that topic implementing specific sources, techniques, and theoretical approaches.
In 1980, Brezhnev sent in Soviet troops to assist the communist government in Afghanistan which was threatened by rebels. The Soviets fought a war in Afghanistan from then until they departed in 1989 after facing heavy casualties and damage from the Afghan rebels, most notably the Mujahideen.
Marquis de Lafayette was a French soldier who fought alongside the American colonists.
"That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."