Fixing History

This is a list of sources that give pretty good brief overviews of the topics they deal with. This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of sources. For a comprehensive list of sources that I have cited, please see the relevant blog post (under construction). For a list of primary sources I have cited in this blog, again, see the relevant post (under construction). American Civil War McPherson, James P. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Ancient South Asia Basham, A.L. The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent Before the Coming of the Muslims. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1954. Joseph, Tony. Ancient Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where They Came From. New Delhi, Delhi: Juggernaut Books, 2018. Japan Henshall, Kenneth G. A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpowe...

Introduction Hi everyone. Welcome to Fixing History. This post will serve as a sort of statement of purpose and general overview of the blog. With that out of the way, let's begin! Statement of Purpose The purpose of this blog is as follows: 1. To debunk historical misinformation 2. To improve historical literacy 3. To make history more accessible to the common person 4. Help protect the common person against fringe and baseless historical mis/disinformation About this Blog I got the idea for this blog from the Holocaust Controversies Blog (you can check them out here ). I wanted to make something similar, though I obviously did not want to totally copy what they had done over there. As such, I decided to expand the scope to cover all (or at least most) of history, including things that aren't really history (such as pre-history). I've also decided to add an educ...