A fine defense by R.S. McCain here in response to Conrad Black's attack at NRO:

(My rapid response to Black here.)

McCain:

National Review has published a column by Conrad Black which calls Diana West’s new book American Betrayal a “farrago of lies,” and I just don’t know what to say, except that (a) Black doesn’t seem to have read West’s book, and (b) is therefore attacking the straw man version of West’s argument, as presented by Ron Radosh.

As are all of the copy-cat attacks.

Stacy McCain's bottom line:

I remain Diana West’s ally in this fight because whatever errors she may have made, from the standpoint of professional historians, she is asking important questions and calling attention to facts that have been too long ignored by those who prefer convenient myth to historical truth.

Errors? We shall see.