Denial [Movie Tie-in]
Holocaust History on Trial

Very interesting book, but I do wish it was written by an outsider, and not by Lipstadt herself. She quickly becomes annoying - jotting down every despairing kneejerk reaction she has to something someone says. I get it, you might think that, but normally you'd wait it out a bit, and then you'd see......more

David Irving, Holocaust denier, is a walking psychology case study in narcissism, chronic lying, cognitive dissonance, and willful ignorance. In British court, he sued historian Deborah Lipstadt for describing him as a Holocaust denier in her book. This is a page-turning account of the suit, the tri......more

I was stymied by the task of writing this review for a long time.  I didn't know where to start because this is a subject so emotionally charged that it's difficult to discuss.  Then I realized that this was one of the central issues of the book and the trial. How do you approach Holocaust denial? ......more

O, muse of history, who is weirder, Debbie or Irving, the Denier? A good intro into the intricacies of British libel law, but this non-fiction account of the Holocaust on trial has nothing on Leon Uris's novel QBVII, cited as a precedent in these pages.......more