"David B. Shemano" <[email protected]> wrote: 

> You gave me a link, to a site with more links, etc. My admittedly cursory 
> review reveals that the major complaint was that Conquest was too reliant on 
> the testimony of emigres, who were impliedly anti-Stalinist. By itself, that 
> is a not very compelling criticism. All I ask is for you to state in your own 
> words a single fact alleged by Conquest where you believe the competing 
> evidence is more compelling and shows Conquest was wrong. 

I think that there is an error of causality. Conquest claimed that Marxism was 
the cause of 
the problems. Stalin claimed that the Ukrainians were wrong to go ahead with 
the 
collectivisation effort. 

-- 
Ron 

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