Watse of Time This is just one more Hilter book that quotes the lies of earlier Hitler books. Hitler was no prince and the Nazis were not the boy scouts, but if you take a balanced look at history, they were not "the worst of the worst" and Hitler as not "evil incarnate". Irving's books contain detailed footnotes. He got to know people the other historians wouldn't seek out, he found documents that others ignored and, he came to conclusions, based on his research, that others didn't want to hear. If you just read the introduction to "Hitler's War" you can see that Irving is not whitewashing Hitler or the Nazis. The idea of discrediting the messenger in order to discredit the message explains exactly what it happening to Irving and others like him who are attempting to correct the historical record. History is written by the victors and you can go back 2,000 years or more and find that "official" stories are often biased or outright lies. If you want to reread the lies, read Evans; if you want the truth, read Irving.
A Well-thought out and researched novel In response to the review from 'Eric Rachut "Government doc"', I think that it is very important to point out that while people do need to read both sides of any story and decide for themselves, it is also important to be sure that both sides are based on historical fact, not historical imaginings. Free speech is important, of course, but Evans has every right to expose the lies for what they are.
A historian has an obligation to his or her sources and readers. No information can be repressed, and each source has to be thoroughly vetted.This book is painstakingly well-researched and shows how Irving subtely mistranslated documents and trusted with no reservations baised sources. Doing this is not a crime, but one must remember that it was David Irving himself who sued Deborah Lipstadt for libel and thus allowed Evans the opportunity and material to expose him for what he was, a pseudo-historian.
This book is painstakingly researched and well-written. I recommend that everyone read it as the perfect case-study which shows how NOT to do history, and also shows that readers today must be critical and suspicious of every author whether or not you agree with them.This book is a pack of lies!!! David Irving, for those who read his books and read the Trial Transcripts, makes it quite clear that
1. The Jews were killed by the Nazis
2. Hitler as Head of State is ultimately responsible.
3. How this happened is not as clear cut as made out to be and at any time things could have turned out differently and that everyone shares responsibility for these atrocities and no one came out of this war with clean hands.
