No recent work of history has generated as much interest as Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners. Purporting to solve the mystery of the Nazi holocaust; Goldhagen maintains that ordinary Germans were driven by fanatical anti-Semitism to murder the Jews. An immediate national best-seller; the book went on to create an international sensation. Now; in A Nation on Trial; two leading critics challenge Goldhagen's findings and show that his work is not scholarship at all. With compelling cumulative effect; Norman G. Finkelstein meticulously documents Goldhagen's distortions of secondary literature and the internal contradictions of his argument. In a complementary essay; Ruth Bettina Birn juxtaposes Goldhagen's text against the German archives he consulted. The foremost international authority on these archives; Birn conclusively demonstrates that Goldhagen systematically misrepresented their contents. The definitive statement on the Goldhagen phenomenon; this volume is also a cautionary tale on the corruption of scholarship by ideological zealotry.
#1605994 in Books Thomas Apel 2016-03-30Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .90 x 6.00l; .0 #File Name: 0804797404208 pagesFeverish Bodies Enlightened Minds Science and the Yellow Fever Controversy in the Early American Republic
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Top notch! A must read!By Jennifer V. ButlerThomas Apel is a gifted writer. I really appreciate his insights on this time in our nations history. His arguments are compelling; and I have enjoyed the thoughts and reflections his work has inspired. This sort of inquiry is vital and fascinating. Thank you; Thomas Apel; for your contribution.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy JOHN APELOne of the best; most comprehensive books I've read in quite some time. Superb writing.
