'Band of Brothers' author Stephen Ambrose accused of faking Eisenhower interviews
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[quote]Was one of America's most revered popular historians fabricating his own material? That's the explosive charge now levied at Stephen Ambrose, author of numerous bestselling military and presidential histories.
The author of "D-Day" and "Band of Brothers" died in 2002, but several authorities have recently questioned the writer's accounts of his research for "Supreme Commander," a massive two-volume biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower. At a minimum, Ambrose's critics say, he had vastly exaggerated the amount of time he spent interviewing the former president; and at worst, they suggest, he simply made up long stretches of the book.
Shortly before his death, Ambrose was also accused of plagiarizing parts of a World War II history called "The Wild Blue" — a charge he conceded, and chalked up to a series of research errors. But as serious as the charge of plagiarism is, fabricating research materials is a far graver offense for a professional historian. When Michael Bellesiles was found to have made up sources for his 2001 book on the origins of American gun culture, "Arming America," Columbia University's Bancroft Committee, a body that awards an annual prize for the most distinguished work of U.S. history, stripped him of the honor; he later resigned his professorship at Emory University's history department.[/quote]
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I'm sure that he and eisenhower will have a nice long chat.
In hell.
[QUOTE=ZakkShock;21585730]I'm sure that he and eisenhower will have a nice long chat.
In hell.[/QUOTE]
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[i][b]IN HELL[/i][/b]
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