I gave him a potted history of the code without specifying which pot it should be consigned to.

Actually, both books use potted histories to argue for a neoconservative, interventionist foreign policy.

Your employer will have a personnel file containing a potted history of your career with the company.

Don't you see that what you've just told me is a potted history of your integrity?

- potted history of the evolution of the music industry, there.

The code was first introduced some time between the 1850s and 1880s but failed to gain popular following and has had a potted history.

This is slightly disappointing, since I have often found a quick bite of potted history useful.

Can you give us a short potted history?

There is a section on his official website which gives a potted history of his career.

What's the potted history and the reason you got together?