Telling Lies About Hitler
Subtitle: The Holocaust, History and the David Irving Trial
Publisher: Verso
Published: September 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781859844175
Subjects: English law: defamation (slander & libel); English legal system: courts & procedure; European history: Second World War; History: theory & methods; The Holocaust; World history: Second World War; Military - General; History - Military / War; History: World; Germany
Description: Richard J. Evans worked on the historical evidence on behalf of the defence during the Irving libel trial. In Telling Lies about Hitler, the author discusses the importance of historical writing and the social role of historians in such trials.