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'''David John Cawdell Irving''' (born [[March 24]], [[1938]]) is a [[Great Britain|British]] [[writer]] specializing in the [[military history]] of [[World War II]]. He is the author of 30 books, including ''The Destruction of Dresden'' (1963), ''Hitler's War'' (1977), ''Uprising!'' (1981), ''Churchill's War'' (1987), and ''Goebbels — Mastermind of the Third Reich'' (1996).
Irving's status as a [[historian]] has been
*"In 1969, after David Irving's support for Rolf Hochhuth, the German playwright who accused Winston Churchill of murdering the Polish wartime leader General Sikorski, The Daily Telegraph issued a memo to all its correspondents. 'It is incorrect,' it said, 'to describe David Irving as a historian. In future we should describe him as an author.'" Ingram, Richard. [http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article347567.ece. Irving was the author of his own downfall], ''[[The Independent]]'', [[25 February]] 2006.
*"It may seem an absurd semantic dispute to deny the appellation of ‘historian’ to someone who has written two dozen books or more about historical subjects. But if we mean by historian someone who is concerned to discover the truth about the past, and to give as accurate a representation of it as possible, then Irving is not a historian. Those in the know, indeed, are accustomed to avoid the term altogether when referring to him and use some circumlocution such as ‘historical writer’ instead. Irving is essentially an ideologue who uses history for his own political purposes; he is not primarily concerned with discovering and interpreting what happened in the past, he is concerned merely to give a selective and tendentious account of it in order to further his own ideological ends in the present. The true historian’s primary concern, however, is with the past. That is why, in the end, Irving is not a historian." Irving vs. (1) Lipstadt and (2) Penguin Books, [http://www.holocaustdenialontrial.org/evidence/evans006.asp Expert Witness Report by [[Richard J. Evans]] FBA, Professor of Modern History, [[University of Cambridge]]], 2000, Chapter 6.
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*"'The sentence against Irving confirms that he and his views are discredited, but as a general rule I don’t think that this is the way this should be dealt with,' said Antony Lerman, director of the London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research. 'It is better to combat denial by education and using good speech to drive out bad speech.'" Gruber, Ruth Ellen. [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/28480/edition_id/541/format/html/displaystory.html "Jail sentence for Holocaust denier spurs debate on free speech"], ''[[j.]]'', [[February 24]], 2006.
*"Deborah Lipstadt is Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies and director of The Rabbi Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University. She is the author of two books about the Holocaust. Her book ''Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory'' led to the 2000 court case in which she defeated and discredited Holocaust denier David Irving." [http://www.pbs.org/auschwitz/understanding/justice.html Understanding Auschwitz Today], Task of Justice & Danger of Holocaust Deniers, ''[[Public Broadcasting Service]]''.
*"After the discredited British historian David Irving was sentenced to a three-year jail term in Austria as a penalty for denying the Holocaust, the liberal conscience of western Europe has squirmed and agonised." Glover, Gillian. [http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1087&id=277732006 "Irving gets just what he wanted - his name in the headlines"], ''[[The Scotsman]]'', [[February 23]], 2006.</ref>
==Early life==
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