Reviews of entire books – brochures, monographs, anthologies.
By Ernest Sommers ∙ January 1, 2000
The Pity of War, Niall Ferguson, New York: Basic Books, 1999 Anyone whose study of history has ever gone beyond a school textbook or The History Channel will know that the normal discussion of wars and other upheavals are wide open among historians. It is routine when studying wars and revolutions to look to the…
By Ernest Sommers ∙ August 1, 2000
The Nazi War on Cancer, Robert N. Proctor, Princeton UP, 1999 If I were to describe a society that was obsessed with carcinogens, which was militantly anti-smoking, which extolled the “organic” in everything from food to shampoos, that emphasized exercise and body culture and a “back to nature” ethos, you'd probably think that I had…
By William Halvorsen ∙ August 1, 2000
While America Watches: Televising the Holocaust, Jeffrey Shandler, Oxford UP, 1999 Everyone knows at this point that the Holocaust has been promoted to such an extent that one can hardly turn around without running into Holocaust imagery of some kind. Any time there is a massacre anywhere, you can bet that some talking head will…
By Richard A. Widmann ∙ August 1, 2000
Photo Fakery: The History and Techniques of Photographic Deception and Manipulation, by Dino A. Brugioni. Dulles, Virginia: Brassey's, 1999. Richard A. Widmann Dino Brugioni begins his study of photo fakery with a brief discussion of Arthur C. Lundahl, the first director of the CIA's National Photographic Interpretation Center. Lundahl always cautioned that the discovery of…
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 William Halvorsen ∙ November 1, 1999
Peter Novick, The Holocaust in American Life Some years ago, a leading Holocaust historian, Deborah Dwork spoke at a memorial to “Crystal Night” in British Columbia, the night in November 1938 when Nazi mobs, inspired by the murder of a German foreign official by a Polish Jew, destroyed hundreds of Jewish stores and shops. According…
By Richard A. Widmann ∙ January 1, 1999
Auschwitz: The Final Count, edited by Vivian Bird. The Barnes Review, Washington, D.C.. 1999. Soft cover. 112 pages. Notes. $12.95. Vivian Bird's latest effort is an anthology of essays dealing with what he describes as the “true story” of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The title of this work as well as its recent promotions suggest…
By Stephen J. Sniegoski ∙ April 13, 1998
Nuremberg: The Last Battle by David Irving. Focal Point Publications, 1996. 377 + x pp., £20.00. Stephen J. Sniegoski As stated in the title of by David Irving's book, the Nuremberg Trial was the last battle of World War II in Europe. Nazi Germany had already been physically destroyed by the superior military power of…
By Michael Mills ∙ March 31, 1998
The Confessions of Kurt Gerstein, by Henri Roques, Paperback (June 1989), Inst for Historical Review; ISBN: 0939484277; Our Price: $7.50. Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks… Amazon.com Sales Rank: 332,621 [email protected]From Michael Mills,Canberra, Australia,March 31, 1998 A thorough analysis of a key document of World War 2 This book was originally a doctoral…
By Mark Weber ∙ January 12, 1997
The Hitler of History, by John Lukacs. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1997. xiv + 282 pages. $26.00. Lukacs emigrated from Hungary to the United States in 1946 and has taught at various universities. He now lives in Pennsylvania. Lukacs discusses and evaluates many biographical works on Hitler and suggests that there might be a…
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