Title: Worthless
Review: The appeal to motive is a well known logical fallacy. One cannot show that someone is wrong about a point of fact by showing that he has an ulterior motive. If "holocaust deniers" are factually wrong, their motives hardly matter. If they are right, again their motives hardly matter. Since Lipstadt's entire book is devoted to imputing ulterior motives to her opponents rather than debating them, it has no value.Even Lipstadt's characterizations of her opponents' motivations are inaccurate. She continually misquotes, distorts, and invents whatever is necessary to make her opponents look bad. Books like this are the reason the word "screed" was invented.For a fair assessment of the holocaust controversy, seeDebating the Holocaust: A New Look At Both Sides.
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