What is the author's style in After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection by Jams Wst Davidson?

The main objective of "After the Fact" is to demonstrate how various widely-accepted methods are used by historians to interpret historical events. The authors are both historians and professors of History and they bring their professional perspective to the subject matter. They take an academic approach to the description of each method, explaining how it is used appropriately and outlining the advantages and disadvantages that each method presents.