Arthur L. Herman

Arthur L. Herman (born 1956) is an American Ph.D., author and lecturer.

Biography

Herman is a contributer to "National Review" and "Commentary" magazines among others. In the late 1980s Herman taught at ; in the 1990s he taught history at Georgetown and Catholic University. Herman has also appeared at the Smithsonian's "Campus on the Mall" program. [ [http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=12717 Author spotlight Random House] retrieved 2008-07-07] Herman's 1984 dissertation at the Johns Hopkins University dealt with the political thought of early 17th-century French Huguenots.citation

His 2001 book on the Scottish Enlightenment, "How the Scots Invented the Modern World", was a "New York Times" bestseller. His most recent work is "Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age".

An important criticism of Herman's work is based upon his claim that allegedly Owen Lattimore has been verified as a Soviet spy through Venona decrypts. In fact the leading work on Venona by John Haynes & Harvey Klehr has nothing to say about Lattimore, though Herman references it in a footnote after charging that Lattimore is now known to have been a Soviet agent.

Works

*"The Idea Of Decline In Western History", Free Press, 1997-01-08 ISBN 978-0684827919.
*"Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator", Free Press, 1999-12-02 ISBN 978-0684836256.
*"How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It", Three Rivers Press 2002-09-24 ISBN 978-0609809990.
*"To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World", HarperCollins, 2004-10-26 ISBN 978-0060534240.
*"Gandhi and Churchill:The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age", Bantam, 2008-04-29 ISBN 978-0553804638.

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