Lying About Hitler
As an expert witness for the defense in last year's  Irving-Lipstadt trial, Evans (history, Cambridge Univ.) was  charged with determining whether David Irving was, as Deborah  Lipstadt asserted, a Holocaust denier. Evans spent two years  researching Irving's work, tracing his sources, and then  evaluating his publications and public speeches. Moving easily  from analysis of Irving's abuse of primary documents to a  discussion of what constitutes legitimate historical  methodology, Evans presents compelling proof that Irving is a  Holocaust denier and why he should not be considered a  legitimate member of the historical profession. Evans's  depiction of the trial and of Irving's behavior in court is  followed by an assessment of the implications of the judgment in  Lipstadt's favor. Evans's point that some commentators seemed to  forget that it was Irving who was attempting to silence  Lipstadt, rather than academic historians and "Jewish interest  groups" attempting to stifle free speech, is well worth  remembering. Evans eloquently argues that what was really on  trial was history itself. Fortunately, history won. Ironically,  Evans's carefully documented book has not yet been published in  the U.K., as Irving's threats to bring a libel suit have already  caused one company to drop publication. Highly  recommended. Frederic Krome, Jacob Rader Marcus Ctr. of the  American Jewish Archives, CincinnatiCopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.