【单选题】

The author of the passage suggests that historiographers should view history primarily as
A．(A) a political conflict over spatial boundaries which can only be resolved through the input of historiographers

B．(B) a chorus of conflicting voices whose dissonances cannot be resolved, but to which historiographers must listen
C．(C) a field that complicates the assignment of geographic boundaries to the extent that such boundaries can never be resolved
D．(D) a conflict between nations whose sovereignty historiographers have the duty to assess
E．(E) a history of conflicts over spatial demarcation which are ultimately irrelevant to the truth of history