Keith Stimely was born on April 9, 1957, in Connecticut, but grew up and was educated on the West coast. He studied at San José State University and the University of Oregon, from where he graduated in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in history. Stimely then joined the US Army, serving as a reserve officer. His interest in revisionist history began in high school, and in 1980 he spoke at the second IHR Conference (Pomona College). He joined the editorial staff of The Journal of Historical Review in June 1982, and served as its chief editor from February 1983 until February 1985. He compiled the 1981 Revisionist Bibliography (no longer in print), and was a gifted artist and pianist. He died in Portland, Oregon, on December 19, 1992.
By Keith Stimely ∙ April 1, 1983
Human history is more than the history of politics, but it can never be less. Politics pervades, and any sphere of human activity or thought (including the record of it), at any time, is invariably colored – sometimes controlled – by the impulses of politics in the realm of thought or action, or both. Men…
By Keith Stimely ∙ July 1, 1983
Few discussions of the specific topic “Roosevelt and the Origins of World War II” pay much attention to events before 1 September 1939. At most some preliminary words are uttered about the development of Roosevelt's thoughts and policy in the 1930s: his increasing concern, once the New Deal became firmly ensconced and especially after he…
By Keith Stimely ∙ December 1, 1983
The latest furious round of publication and ensuing controversy about Pearl Harbor erupted at the end of 1981, and has not simmered down yet. The opening shot was the release in November that year of Gordon W. Prange’s massive At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor. Prange had been working on the…
By Keith Stimely ∙ October 1, 1983
One of the first, most predictable reactions to be counted on by revisionist historians of World War II and of National Socialist Germany as they regale the uninitiated with their views is: “But what about the trials – Nuremberg, and the others? Have they not left a record of ample proof of German crime and…
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