I (Who?) Am a Revisionist Historian
Are "revisionist" and "revisionism" about to enter the establishment vocabularly, again? WIll the taboo against these once accepted categories of work be removed? If so, why now? If not, we are left with a precvious question: Why not?
I Am a Revisionist Historian
By Staughton Lynd and Carl Mirra
In June 2003, President Bush told a group of business leaders that “This nation acted to a threat from the dictator of Iraq,” but “now there are some who would like to rewrite history—revisionist historians is what I like to call them.”1 Following Bush’s Veteran’s Day speech in November 2005, the BBC news featured a story, “Bush slams Iraq War revisionism.” Bush’s sanctimonious posturing compels the responsible historian to declare: I AM A REVISIONIST HISTORIAN. Read more
I Am a Revisionist Historian
By Staughton Lynd and Carl Mirra
In June 2003, President Bush told a group of business leaders that “This nation acted to a threat from the dictator of Iraq,” but “now there are some who would like to rewrite history—revisionist historians is what I like to call them.”1 Following Bush’s Veteran’s Day speech in November 2005, the BBC news featured a story, “Bush slams Iraq War revisionism.” Bush’s sanctimonious posturing compels the responsible historian to declare: I AM A REVISIONIST HISTORIAN. Read more
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