This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
David Glenn, writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education (Jan. 9, 2004):Michael A. Bellesiles is having his say again. A revised edition of Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture has been issued by Soft Skull Press, a small New York City imprint. The previous edition was withdrawn by Vintage Books in January 2003, after two scholarly committees found serious problems with Mr. Bellesiles's use
Martin Kramer, writing on his blog:On December 11, Al-Jazeera's program"From Washington" held a discussion on Middle Eastern studies in the United States. Chief guest: Professor
Jacob Gershman, writing in the NY Sun (Jan. 5, 2004):
The book was called “an indictment of the historical profession.” It was hailed as an “explosive expose” that would “send shock waves” through American history departments.
But four months after it was published, “In Denial: Historians, Communism, and Espionage” hasn't generated much of a reaction in academia.
Far from igniting a firestorm of debate, John Earl Haynes's and Harvey Klehr 's 316-page conde
Peter Maass writing in the NYT (Jan. 1, 2004): Maj. John Nagl approaches war pragmatically and philosophically, as a soldier and a scholar. He graduated close to the top of his West Point class in 1988 and was selected as a Rhodes scholar. He studied international relations at Oxford for two years, then returned to military duty just in time to take command of a tank platoon during the 1991 Persian Gulf w
In a long and explosive interview in Haaretz in January 2004, Benny Morris, the revisionist Israeli historian, explains how he reconciles his defense of Zionism with his research, which demonstrates that war atrocities were associated with the founding of Israel.
His latest book is, Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001.Benny Morris, in the month ahead the new version o
Michael P. Tremoglie, a free-lance journalist, writing in frontpagemag.com (Jan. 13, 2004): Flyboys by James Bradley is supposedly about eight pilots who were captured and killed by the Japanese during WWII while trying to destroy the Japanese radio stations on the island of Chichi Jima. However, the book is actually an indictment of American culture, history, and foreign policy along the lines of Howard Zinn. Rife with the usual politically correct canards about American
