Telling Lies about Hitler: The Holocaust, History and the David Irving Trial (Paperback) by Richard J Evans

from antao

It tells about Evans' experience as an expert witness defending Deborah Lipstadt's book "Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory" against a libel charge by self-described historian David Irving. The meat of the book is four chapters in which Evans reviews Irving's writings,...

from DinadansFriend

This is a very useful book about the action for libel that David Irving brought against Deborah Lipstadt, and its outcome, and the importance of this action for all historians. Mr. Irving had published over ten books relating to the Third Reich, and brought the action against Lipstadt for a book ...

from ehines

Not everything it could be. The material in the first half was clearly gathered and written with another purpose in mind (as expert testimony on David Irving for the English courts), and Evans can be a surprisingly ham-fisted writer at times (e.g. whole, memorable descriptive passages reappear ve...

from antiquary

Evans (a historian witness at the Irving trial) makes clear better than some other books about the case why Irving really was factually wrong on important points, instead of just saying "you can't deny the Holcaust" as too many other writers do.

from Chrisethier

If you have read The Holocaust on Trial or History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier, you should read this. It is Evans' take down of Irving, and a good look at what makes scholarship.