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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I'm aware (quite well, as I know someone who's worked with him) of Ferguson's shortcomings. But I think you're a bit harsh here. He does have respected works in his canon. It's his later stuff that lacks underpinning and seems designed for middle minded readers.
And he is an insightful guest on various podcasts and programs. There's a mind willing to admit the other side's points there, unlike D'Souza, who seems pathologically unhinged and rabid toward Obama.
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Not in the interviews I've heard recently. He was not inclined to entertain challenges to his ideas.
Speaking as someone who has read several of his books.
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Originally Posted by Not Bob
I thought “The Pity of War” was provocative and novel (in a good way), even though my Not Revisionist* inner historian thought it was wrong with a capital W.
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Agreed, but in retrospect his desire to be provocative was a warning sign.
