In her acclaimed 1993 book Denying the Holocaust, Deborah Lipstadt called David Irving, a prolific writer of books on World War II, âone of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial.â The following year, after Lipstadtâs book was published in the United Kingdom, Irving led a libel suit against Lipstadt and her publisher. She prepared her defense with the help of a first-rate team of solicitors, historians, and experts, and a dramatic trial unfolded.
Denial, previously published as History on Trial, is Lipstadtâs riveting, blow- by-blow account of this singular legal battle, which resulted in a formal denunciation of a Holocaust denier that crippled the movement for years to come. Lipstadtâs victory was proclaimed on the front page of major news- papers around the world, such as The Times (UK), which declared that âhistory has had its day in court and scored a crushing victory.â