On the reasons and goals of revising historical narratives, on Revisionism as a “movement,” covering topics such as its history and objectives, and on the techniques and politics of writing about history in general.
By Richard A. Widmann ∙ April 24, 2010
By History Behind Bars- The hardbound edition of Inconvenient History Volume 1 is finally available. This beautiful hardbound book is 296 pages of hard-hitting revisionist scholarship revealing the truth on several inconvenient moments in our recent history. Inconvenient History Volume 1, contains all the content from our 3 issues from 2009. You will receive a…
By Richard A. Widmann ∙ November 22, 2009
By Richard A. Widmann- In stark opposition to George Santayana’s now clichéd quote about learning from history, revisionist pioneer Harry Barnes in his History and Social Intelligence boldly noted that he did “not accept the view that history can in many cases be directly useful to the present generation through the discovery of alleged specific…
By Richard A. Widmann ∙ November 22, 2009
By Richard A. Widmann- Today certain historical studies are strongly discouraged and in certain once-free democracies even outlawed. But a recent interest in discovering the facts about the twentieth century’s two world wars and their aftermath as well as the consequences of those events inspires us with new courage and optimism. Harry Barnes said that…
By Richard A. Widmann ∙ November 22, 2009
By Richard A. Widmann- Slightly over 30 years ago, James J. Martin, one of the deans of revisionist history of the twentieth century coined the term “Inconvenient History” with his collection of essays, The Saga of Hog Island. Long before Al Gore would speculate on the “Inconvenient Truth” of global warming, James Martin was already…
By Thomas Kues ∙ May 10, 2009
Why did we choose "Inconvenient History" as the title for our Blog? Allow us to explain. First, we will concentrate mainly on the history of World War II and the Third Reich, but ideally we should actually go back to 1871, when Germany was united under Bismarck. At that time, and Bismarck realized this, Germany…
By Rodrigo Mendoza ∙ January 1, 2007
I grew up in much simpler times. I remember learning the names of all nine planets. They started with Mercury and worked their way out to Pluto. Pluto was the ninth planet, a cold and dark place; the furthest planet from the sun. I was also taught about the Second World War. I learned about…
By Samuel Crowell ∙ August 1, 2000
There are two types of knowledge in a society. The commonly accepted and the arcane and unproved. Everybody knows that 2+2=4. That's common knowledge. In the 1400's, everyone knew that too. But there was other knowledge, rarer, not as widely known, contradicting the popular wisdom, and not yet demonstrated. Copernicus did not “discover” that the…
By Ernest Sommers ∙ November 1, 1999
In Defense of History, by Richard J. Evans New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1999 The latest fad in academia is postmodernism, which is a term meant to describe an approach, usually in literature studies, in which texts are analyzed in a highly interactive and indeterminate manner. Confined to the field of literature, postmodernism…
By David Irving ∙ December 1, 1984
Ladies and gentlemen, this is my first public speaking engagement in America except, I think, for an after-luncheon speech in Kansas to a Kansas City ladies guild of some kind. This, I think, is because of language problems. I am a master of many languages but the American tongue is one that eludes me. I…
By Thomas J. Marcellus ∙ January 1, 1982
“Truth is always the first war casualty. The emotional disturbances and distortions in historical writing are greatest in wartime.” These are the words of historian, sociologist and criminologist Prof. Harry Elmer Barnes, who founded a school of historical thought following World War One that became known as Revisionist. But why Revisionist? What is Historical Revisionism?…
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