David, sorry for the belated reply, but this email got pushed down in my inbox and I missed it.
Thank you for the encouragement. I am very familiar with your review in *Finest Hour* as it is the best I've read on this book. I think you definitely covered the important stuff that needed to be addressed. I too have been overwhelmed by the amount of issues throughout the book. It's not just the cherry-picking of quotes, lack of context for events, and unqualified statements, but there are wrong dates, quotes attributed to the wrong authors and/or books, and incorrect statistics. These aren't necessarily malicious, but they are sloppy and show how haphazardly this book was thrown together. I was corresponding with another member about this topic last week - My biggest concern with this book are all the readers that are impressed with the hundreds of footnotes. I've seen numerous reviews that say something along the lines of "this book is thoroughly researched and I had no idea Churchill was such a bad person." It's discouraging. Anyway, part III should be ready in the next week or two. Scott Manning Philadelphia, PA http://www.digitalsurvivors.com/ On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:38 AM, David Freeman <[email protected]>wrote: > Scott, > > When I was preparing the review of this book that I wrote for *Finest Hour > *, I realized that Buchanan's errors were so numerous that what was really > required was a virtual page-by-page refutation. Obviously, though, there > was not room for such a detailed response in FH. Thus, I greatly admire > your industry in taking on this heavy task. > > Sincerley, > > David > > --- On *Fri, 4/17/09, Scott Manning <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: Scott Manning <[email protected]> > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Churchill, Buchanan, and the Unnecessary Book Part > II > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, April 17, 2009, 10:59 AM > > > *tap* *tap* Is this thing on? > > I've published part II of *Churchill, Buchanan, and the Unnecessary Book*. > This second installment looks at Patrick J. Buchanan's efforts to portray > Churchill as absent, weak, and wrong on the Rhineland, Austrian, and Munich > crises. > > > http://www.digitalsurvivors.com/archives/churchillbuchananuncessarybook2.php > > Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. > > Scott Manning > Philadelphia, PA > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ChurchillChat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
