I was wondering who you thought were the worst historians? To me Anne Coulter's attempt at disproving the cold war is funny. I was wondering if anyone else thought there was a historian that was full of it out there
2007-07-15 20:43:29 · 6 answers · asked by Bryan P 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Top of the list has to be the grail, conspiracy, and ancient times authors like Graham Hancock; Erich von Daniken; Henry Lincoln; Robert Bauvall.
These guys all operate in the same way - possibilities become concrete links, conclusions are jumped to, and "evidence" is used selectively and crow-barred to fit the theory.
Of the "serious" historians, I guess the most obvious is David Irving.
2007-07-15 20:50:49 · answer #1 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agree about David irving.
But if cultural historians count, EDWARD SAID is your man. Not a crackpot alas, but a thoroughly dishonest historian whose book Orientalism is a string of inaccuracies and non-sequiturs which caused untold harm to many very decent people and cultural studies in general, and is still taken seriously in university departments.
If you want a real crackpot, Immanuel Velikovsky is your man.
2007-07-16 04:33:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Guido Knopp. Germany most famous TV-historian. He allways takes a "German" perspective. His attitude is much to kind with the Nazis.
2007-07-16 04:53:51 · answer #3 · answered by ak2005ok 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
david irving - guy is a complete idiot but unfortunatly is treated too seriously by the media and austrian courts - he has a thirst for publicity which is given because of the mad theories he has (all without basis in reality)
2007-07-16 04:28:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
top of the list for twisting truth to promote a program of lies and distortions:
Howard Zinns "A People's History of America"....... absolutely breathtaking in its arrogance in presenting a discredited agenda as "facts"
2007-07-16 10:32:15 · answer #5 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the authors of every "magic book" of abrahamic religion.
2007-07-16 03:49:00 · answer #6 · answered by dr schmitty 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋