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    Harry Elmer Barnes famously defined “historical revisionism” when he wrote:[1] “Actually, revisionism means nothing more or less than the effort to revise the historical record in the light of a more complete collection of historical facts, a more calm political atmosphere, and a more objective attitude.” Barnes’s definition may help to explain the failure (thus…

  • From the Editor

    When Harry Elmer Barnes defined historical revisionism as bringing history into accord with the facts,” he stated not merely the essence of Revisionism but its entire program as well. One might think that righting errors and false conceptions about the past were program enough, but there remain those among the unenlightened (and even a few…

  • Notebook

    On stereotyping revisionists: The Library of Congress has updated its Subject Headings in Jewish Studies. According to the latest info, the subject heading “Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)–Errors, inventions, etc.” has been removed from the subject authority file. It’s been replaced by two new subject headings: “Holocaust denial” (Deborah Lipstadt wins one), in which are entered works…

  • The First Casualty

    Ten years following the cessation of the First World War, Arthur Ponsonby, a member of British Parliament published his ground-breaking study, Falsehood in War-Time: Containing an Assortment of Lies Circulated Throughout the Nations’ During the Great War. Ponsonby’s book begins with several quotes, the most well-remembered being “When war is declared, truth is the first…

  • No Peace for Rudolf Hess

    In July news circled the globe that the body of Rudolf Hess, the one-time deputy to Adolf Hitler, was exhumed from a family funeral plot. His bones were cremated and scattered at an undisclosed location at sea. Karl-Willi Beck, the mayor of the Bavarian town of Wunsiedel where Hess was buried, justified the action by…

  • Editorial Change

    After some negotiations, John Wear has agreed to help out with running Inconvenient History. Right, now, this seems to materialize in such a way that almost all contributions are written by him. This is not sustainable in the long run, as such a monoculture is not only dangerous. It will inevitably lead to an early…