David Frum tears Lichtman's new book apart limb by limb, or I suppose I should say "assertion by assertion." It's apparently a thoroughly indefensible book in almost every way. I have a friend who attends American University where Lichtman teaches. I wonder if she agrees with Jonah Goldberg who said
I think Allan Lichtman — thanks to personal experience — is one of the most preposterous self-promoting blowhards in academia today.