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Published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC in 1996 under the imprint of Owl Books. This book was assigned for my required general historiography class, and I found it extremely readable and very interesting. The essays address various aspects of a particular event of focussed attention, specifically a plan by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum to put on an exhibit in 1995 featuring the Enola Gay which discussed the end of World War II as well as the beginning of the nuclear age. Since the 1980s, there had existed an important lobby of politicians, the military, and the Air Force. What resulted was massive outcry by several vocal groups and all vestiges of the original intent of the exhibit were scrapped, the director of the museum resigned under pressure, and there was agitation for a congressional investigation of the Smithsonian's administration. The Enola Gay Controversy was as noisy as that of the NHS. Particularly disturbing were the vitriolic claims of unpatriotic and dishonoring, indeed dishonorable, agendas of the curators and historians involved in the exhibit by politicians, some veterans groups, and many media outlets. The bugbear that some elite band of intellectuals is trying to subvert the American People by revisionist re-writing of its history (to be American-hating) is apparently stronger than I had thought, and too many people I’ve heard of have used it for their own ends. Yes, call me naive, but I was happy! Contents and summary: Introduction: History Under Siegeīy Edward T. Linenthal and Tom Engelhardt 1) Anatomy of a Controversyīy Edward T.
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Linenthal Chapter 1 gives a survey of the events of the time from the point of view someone who was partially involved.