Description: A noted investigative journalist examines the various history scandals of the last few years, focusing on well-publicized cases including the Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin cases, in which the noted historians were accused of plagiarism.
Review Quotes: "Wiener covers the modern university as if it were a police beat." --John Leonard, Harper's
"[Wiener's] argument . . . is persuasively mounted." --Financial Times "Make[s] the case clearly and forcefully that historians' violations of common standards of ethics are not to be taken lightly." --Los Angeles Times "As readable as any political thriller." --Library Journal "Intrigues and educates . . . Wiener has a journalist's knack for boiling complex cases into digestible bits." --The Seattle Times