Did Buchanan Plagiarize this World War I Blockade Map?
Scott Manning
July 2, 2008
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Did Buchanan plagiarize a map from Martin Gilbert? You be the judge.
In Patrick J. Buchanan's Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War", he uses a map (Buchanan, p. 78) to show the food riots in Germany during World War I of which he incorrectly blames Winston Churchill as the cause. There is another map (Gilbert, p. 77) in a book by Martin Gilbert that appears very similar.
Similarities
- Similar topic: "Starvation Blockade" and "Food Riots"
- Exact same region focus
- Same keys on the lower right-hand side: Number of deaths and dots representing food riots
Buchanan's map is first. Gilbert's map is second.
References
Buchanan, Patrick J. Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War". New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2008.
Gilbert, Martin. The Routledge Atlas of the First World War , 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 1994.
More on the "Unnecessary War"
The commentary on Patrick J. Buchanan's book doesn't stop here. We've discovered more questionable historical analysis, hacked quotes, copied maps, and flat-out mistakes in the book. Read more here.
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