Title: Twisting history for a sale
Product review: I highly recommend that anyone thinking about purchasing this book read the excellent review "Wartime Lies?" in the New York Times Book review ofJune 26 by Ed Regis. His concluding sentence: "If theirs is the best case that can be made for American germ warfare activities in China and Korea, it amounts to a dismissal of the charges and an exoneration of the accused." It would appear that some historians are confusing the standards of their profession with that of the legal profession. It is clear that a lawyer's services are for sale to the highest bidder--and often, in criminal justice situations, the more outrageous the theories propounded on behalf of the defendant, the more admired the legal counsel becomes. In this case, it would appear outrageousness sells. But what does this do to the practice of the profession of hsitory?
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