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Entry: Buchanan, Kennan, and the "Good War" Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/buchanan_kennan_and_the_good_war#28531 Post contents: The Hossbach Denkschrift is not a good source to support Dr. Gottried's contra Buchanan argument. Its authenticity is dubious, even forcing A.J.P. Taylor to reconsider his earlier endorsement of it in his classic "Origens of the Second World" when in his "Second Thoughts" he later stated that he was taken in by the "legend" of the document, only to learn "that it was a maneuver in domestic affairs...containing no directives for action beyond a request for increased armaments." Taylor also warned that "those who believe in political trials may go on quoting [it]." I'm sure Dr. Gottfried doesn't fall into that category, but the assertion that there is a "wealth of evidence" to support Germany's alleged intentions to attack the West before September 1939 needs further elucidation. Sent at: 2008 11 20