[lbo-talk] Reading suggestions needed

C. G. Estabrook galliher at uiuc.edu
Mon Apr 21 12:07:42 PDT 2008


Finkelstein's analysis of Goldhagen appears in

N. G. Finkelstein & R. B. Birn (1998),

A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen Thesis and Historical Truth

and in a shorter version, "Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's 'Crazy' Thesis," in New Left Review, July/August 1997.

He isn't gentle. --CGE

Joseph Catron wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Michael McIntyre
> <mcintyremichael at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I've encountered brilliant, articulate defenses of each work by
> historians who seemingly knew what they were talking about. I remain
> blissfully ignorant of the whole affair, having read neither, but
> think that if I were going to read one, I'd probably read each, both
> to form my own opinions and to more fully understand any fallacies I
> might encounter.
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