Re[2]: DT article

[Andrew Brown]

On Saturday, September 15, 2001, at 15:54:42, Martin Keegan wrote:

MK> On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:

>> Would that be the same John Keegan who wrote an article after David Irving
>> was found to be a Holocaust denier in which Keegan contrasted the nice,
>> interesting, strong, handsome, excellently dressed Irving ("still has much
>> that is interesting to tell us") with that boring "self-righteously
>> politically correct" American professor who had sucessfuly defended
>> against Irving's libel claim by proving his assertions about the Holocaust
>> were ridiculous?

MK> It's the same chap, yes. He did Irving no favours in the actual courtroom,
MK> though. 

and he is an excellent and illuminating military historian, though
patchy. But "The FAce of Battle" and his "History of War" are both
illuminating and thought-provoking.




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