[lbo-talk] Reading suggestions needed

[Michael McIntyre]

The problem with Goldhagen is not his Zionism, but his incompetence  
in the use of primary sources.  This is probably due to his training  
as a political scientist rather than a historian.  Political  
scientists receive absolutely no training in archival research.   
Rather than Goldhagen, read Christopher Browning's book, Ordinary  
Men.  Browning and Goldhagen draw on the same archival source, but  
Browning knows what he's doing.
MM

On Apr 21, 2008, at 7:04 AM, Angelus Novus wrote:
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> And while I realize he is not really beloved by
> American leftists because of his Zionism, Daniel J.
> Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners has played a
> a good role in public debate in Germany.  At least as
> far as demolishing the German cult of victimhood which
> sees the population as merely passive objects of a
> personal dictatorship.  Ignore the dishonest polemics
> which portray this book as promoting a "collective
> guilt" thesis.
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