October 12, 2001
Emory Asks Historian to Defend His Book on Guns in America
Reacting to accusations that Michael A. Bellesiles's book Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture deliberately distorts the historical record, Emory University has asked the history professor to write a point-by-point defense.
Robert A. Paul, the dean of Emory's main undergraduate college, said in a statement that the chairman of Mr. Bellesiles's department, James Melton, had requested the defense because of "the seriousness of the allegations that have recently appeared
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