Not at all I first came across hinm when doing research for my article on the Soviet Annexation of Western Ukraine On page 47 Littman wrote The Soviet occupation of the Western Ukraine was relatively benign In his acknowledgment section he thanks Wiktor Poliszczuk describing his work as an important monograph Littman does not have a Ph D and his master s degree is not in history but in Holocaust Studies This topic is not about the Holocaust Littman s book is not published by a university of academic institute but by Black Rose a left wing activist press There is no standard by which it meets the criteria of a reliable source