Pat Buchanan and the Art of the Selective Quote
A friend asks if there has been a solid refutation of Pat Buchanan’s book. I’m sure there has been, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it has been published in Finest Hour, but could you give me the citation? —W.M.
Professor David Freeman at Cal State Fullerton wrote the full review in Finest Hour 139, Summer 2008. I ganged up on poor Pat by writing about his selective quotation techniques in my accompanying editorial, which I reprise below.
Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World, by Patrick J.…