Before anyone reads past the title I have not been heavily influenced by the man and his views. Irving's book did not become well renowned because of his views and opinions on the war, rather his ability to search through German records at a time when it was almost impossible to do so. Irving's research is flawed because he refused to let his sources do one key aspect of history, speak for themselves. His methodology is not frowned upon because of his research, rather his inability to place his theories second to tangible and proven facts.
To summarise Irving is a good researcher, but not historian.
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