Talk:Stephen Ambrose
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user:H.J. wrote:
- Stephen Ambrose is known as the "Eisenhower Apologist".
I would like to see a source for this. If Ambrose has a reputation as an apologist, then several people (other than you and me) should be calling him that. Please don't misunderstand. I am just as much against military crime as you are. I studied such incidents as the My Lai massacre, carried out by American soldiers in Vietnam and personally interviewed a US marine sniper who (sorry, I can't go on, I'm liable to drip tears on the keyboard or throw it across the room!)... Ed Poor
- Maveric took it out, but then I overwrote him after edit conflict with much more complete detail on Ambrose. As close as I've come to violating wiki etiquette. Ortolan88 12:45 Jul 30, 2002 (PDT)
- Er? Edit conflicts happen -- in this case all I did is delete the same sentence you replaced with a few nice paragraphs. Good job BTW. --mav
Ed, I heard the mention of Eisenhower apologist on an interview, probably PBS, because I listened/listen to Mc Neill (Lehrer) quite a bit. I cannot recall details right now. If I do, I will put it back in. user:H.J.
user:H.J. -- do you know what the word apologist means? It does not mean, as you seem to think, someone who excuses another -- classically (and in this sense) an apology is simply a reasoned explanation and clarification of an issue. Please try to consider your sources before polluting the site. Do you EVER try to read reviews and ask yourself about motives, etc., of the author? I've recommended this article on reading sources (http://www.bowdoin.edu/~prael/writing_guides/primary.htm) to you several times. It really would greatly help your ever-dwindling credibility if you started to follow some of its precepts, which most of us take for granted. JHK
From the article:
- "Ambrose was chosen by Eisenhower as his biographer because Ike..."
Who is Ike? Please don't use terms or names which are not understood outside the US (unless you give a link). -- Tarquin 21:57 Oct 14, 2002 (UTC)
- Ike is Eisenhower's nickname. -- Zoe
- Thanks. I've removed "ike" from the article -- Tarquin
