The critics of German World War II historian Ernst Nolte called him a whitewasher of genocide, while his admirers considered him a courageous scholar. In truth, he was simply a man trying to follow a line of reasoning to its logical conclusion.
Category: Revisions & Dissents
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The Second Indochina War Revisited
Its time to cut through all of the confusion and misinformation clouding the so-called Vietnam War.
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Ike and the “Military Industrial Complex”
The expert class associates Dwight Eisenhower with goofing and golfing, and his presidency with stagnation, but the experts are wrong. Ike was a great statesman.
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Righting History
Three new books set the record straight on European monarchy, Franco's Spain, and Hitler's ascent to power. Revisionists often get it wrong, but these three get it right!
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Making a Hero Out of a Mass Murderer
The New York City Council honors the murderous Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Murderers can be honored, in some places, if their victims are white.
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The Penitential History of Vichy France
Accepted scholarship on Vichy France has evolved as Anti-fascist sentiment penetrates historiography like never before. Penitential historiography has arrived.
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Unforgetting Franco
The history of Spain's peaceful transition to democracy from Franco's dictatorship is being rewritten by a left bent on vengeance and political control.