Modette,

Even if you will not comment I hope you are still reading the thread. I am not an historian, but I am an academic and I have many times witnessed what you refer to as hegemonies. You won't get grant money, or access to facilities, or appointments to peer review panels when your views as expressed in your applications run counter to the current consensus. Then, suddenly, the consensus moves and you do. Or not. So I am perfectly prepared to believe that there has been a move in the last 20 years towards a reactionary view of the histories of the world wars. And I am also perfectly prepared to believe that it has little to do with new information, and a lot to do with political expediency. But I am also prepared to believe that Keith is wrong in his interpretation that all modern historians agree with the reactionary viewpoint, indeed we have already seen that Ferguson, and the two I gave who Keith decreed to be too old (although they are still living) do not. Much of the support for Keith's viewpoint seems to come from Catriona Pennel, who is the one serious academic (i.e. REF submittable) in his list. But I can't at the moment access her work.