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Revision as of 17:16, 22 September 2009 by Ludvikus (talk | contribs) (According to Deborah Lipstadt)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A designation in American history which includes Gabriel Kolko, William Appleman Williams, Gar Alperovitz, Walter LaFeber, Howard Zinn and others.
This usage is to be distinguished from the one which makes reference to the class of authors known as Holocaust deniers who also call themselves "revisionist historians." The latter may be identified by their published articles in their own journal, the Journal of Historical Review, which is published by their organization, the Institute for Historical Review.
The distinction appears to have been introduced into American historiography shortly after World War I (about 1920) to categorize American historians who questioned the alleged "war guilt" to which Germany was subjected for allegedly being responsible for starting said war.
History of the categorization
According to Deborah Lipstadt, certain American historians were concerned over the involvement of the United States in World War I.
References
- Deborah Lipstadt, Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory, Plume (The Penguin Group), 1994. Debunking Holocaust revisionism.
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