Reply #11: Ann Coulter is not a historian

[imenja]

She does not have a PhD in history and her book is not subject to pier review. Look at the publisher involved. That's a key starting point. Hers recent book is published by Crown Forum. If you want a serious book, you need to look for academic presses (Duke, North Carolina, Oxford, Cambridge, NYU, Stanford, etc...).

What do you mean most "sources" used in modern history are not "factual sources"? Which sources would that be? Which works in particular? And what are "original sources." I don't research or teach ancient history, but I know it to be a serious discipline with respected academics. I can't comment on their source material, but I have read many thousands of works of "modern" history. I'd like to know what you are talking about in terms of "false sources." \

If you are comparing Ann Coulter to historians, you're not even in the right universe. If you want some serious work on ancient history, go to the database World Abstracts (available through university libraries) and search for articles published in the field that interests you. You could also search a university library (not a public library) for recent books. Make sure that you draw from books published by academic presses. I'm wondering if you have ever read an academic monograph? Your critique of the history profession doesn't seem to be based on an understanding of the field.