History is certainly not that detailed. While history may account for the structures your grandfather built, it certainly doesn’t contain day-to-day construction or contract details. We know Thomas Jefferson’s contribution to our Nation, but we don’t know his brand of toilet paper.
Massive political corruption—omitted from the biographies of all key players—is not a “detail”.
It is central and critical to understand who they were, what motivated them and their (lack of) moral values.
If that is not valid “history” nothing is.