Periodicals • CODOH

Two Biographical Works Examine the Life of a Great British Historian and Military Thinker

By James Alexander ∙ May 1, 1993

Boney Fuller: Soldier, Strategist, and Writer, by Anthony John Trythall. Baltimore: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1989. Hardcover. 314 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. $24.95. ISBN 0-933852-98-3. J.F.C. Fuller: Military Thinker, by Brian Holden Reid. New York: St. Martins Press, 1990. Softcover. 283 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $19.95. ISBN 0-312-04208-6. James Alexander is…

A Failed Look at Europe’s Impact on America’s Native Peoples

By Theodore J. O'Keefe ∙ May 1, 1993

American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World, by David E. Stannard. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Hardcover. 358 pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. $26. ISBN 0 19 507581 1. Most Americans today would, after a little reflection, admit that the white man’s discovery and conquest of the Americas were a…

Letters

By Robert Faurisson, Charles D. Provan, A. Dibert ∙ May 1, 1993

The “New” Journal Congratulations on the new format of the JHR! It is excellent! A. DibertIthaca, N.Y. I want to applaud your stafffor the new look and format! W.H.Houston, Texas We sure think that the new format is much better -and more practical. B. and S. R.Palo Cedro, Calif. A real achievement! E.D.Westminster, Calif. Your…

Brad Smith’s Campus Project Ad Printed after Furious Clash at University of Texas

By Theodore J. O'Keefe ∙ May 1, 1993

A Sacred Cow Is Gored Among the Longhorns Theodore J. O'Keefe is an editor with the Institute for Historical Review, and former editor of the Journal. Educated at Harvard University, he is the author of numerous articles on historical and political subjects. On February 19, after 15 months of intimidation and pressure by the Anti-Defamation…

Doug Collins Honored

By Mark Weber ∙ May 1, 1993

Canadian journalist Doug Collins, who addressed the Tenth IHR Conference, has been honored with the Commemorative Medal for the 125th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation. He was given the award at a ceremony on January 20 by Member of Parliament Chuck Cook, who represents North Vancouver (British Columbia). The medal honors Canadians “who have made a…

French Scholar Who Questioned ‘Gas Chamber’ Claims Recants after Three-Year Campaign of Intimidation and Violence

By Mark Weber ∙ May 1, 1993

In August 1987, a professor of economics at Jean Moulin University in Lyon expressed, in passing in a scholarly article published in an economics journal, skepticism about claims of wartime mass killings of Jews in gas chambers and, in a footnote, mentioned a Revisionist book by Serge Thion and Robert Faurisson. As a result of…

From the Editor

By Mark Weber ∙ May 1, 1993

We are sometimes asked why we devote so much effort to the Holocaust issue. No, it’s not some bizarre obsession. We do so because, by any objective standard, “the Holocaust” has come to play a very important role in our society. The wartime fate of Europe’s Jews is treated not as another chapter of history,…

Holocaust Revisionism is not Hate Speech, Canadian Officials Affirm

By Mark Weber ∙ May 1, 1993

On August 27, Canada’s Supreme Court dismissed charges against Ernst Zündel of “publishing false news” because he had circulated a reprint edition of a booklet that disputes the generally accepted Holocaust extermination story. The Court struck down as unconstitutional the law under which the German-Canadian publisher and commercial artist had been convicted. (For more on…

Irving Barred from Australia

By Mark Weber ∙ May 1, 1993

Bowing to intense pressure, the Australian government has banned British historian David Irving from the country. In a February 10 letter, the best-selling historian was informed of the decision by Immigration Minister Gerry Hand to deny him a visa to visit the country for a lecture and promotional tour that was to begin March 17….

Ivor Benson

By Mark Weber ∙ May 1, 1993

Ivor Benson – author, journalist and current affairs analyst, and a good friend of the Institute for Historical Review – died in mid-January in a small market town in West Suffolk, England, where he and his wife had lived for nearly eight years. He was in his 86th year. Ivor Benson at the 1990 IHR…