Historical truth and lies about the past : reflections on Dewey, Dreyfus, de Man, and Reagan

Author(s)

• Spitzer, Alan B. (Alan Barrie)

Bibliographic Information

Historical truth and lies about the past : reflections on Dewey, Dreyfus, de Man, and Reagan

Alan B. Spitzer

University of North Carolina Press, c1996

• : pbk

Other Title

Historical truth & lies about the past

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-156) and index

Contents of Works

• Introduction : historical argument when the political chips are down
• John Dewey, the "trial" of Leon Trotsky, and the search for historical truth
• Versions of truth in the Dreyfus case
• The debate over the wartime writings of Paul De Man : the language of setting the record straight
• Ronald Reagan's Bitburg narrative

Details

• NCID: BA28760911
• ISBN:
  • 0807822892
  • 0807845981
• LCCN: 95047876
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chapel Hill
• Pages/Volumes: 162 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : D13
  • DC20 : 907/.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Historiography
  • LCSH : Truth
  • LCSH : Objectivity
  • LCSH : History, Modern -- 20th century -- Case studies