Lying About Hitler

Richard Evans

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English

Basic Books
17 April 2002

History; European history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; The Holocaust; Case law

An illumination of one of the most explosive and publicized ""holocaust trials"" since that of Adolf Eichmann, by a leading historian who acted as chief adviser to the defense. In ruling against the controversial historian David Irving, whose libel suit against the American historian Deborah Lipstadt was tried in April 2000, the High Court in London labeled Irving a falsifier of history. No objective historian, declared the judge, would manipulate the documentary record in the way that Irving did. Richard J. Evans, a Cambridge historian and the chief adviser for the defense, uses this famous trial as a lens for exploring a range of difficult

questions about the nature of the historian's enterprise.

By: Richard Evans
Imprint: Basic Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 328g
ISBN: 9780465021536
ISBN 10: 0465021530
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 17 April 2002
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , ELT Advanced , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard J. Evans is Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University and a noted specialist on modern German history. He is the author of In Defense of History and Death in Hamburg.