This man did much of the research for one of his books while disguised as a "Major Oughton"; that book later earned him a death threat from the Stern Gang.
This man did much of the research for one of his books while disguised as a "Major Oughton"; that book later earned him a death threat from the Stern Gang. He claimed that the author of A Study of History exhibited a messiah complex in critical articles like "Testing the Toynbee System" and "Arnold Toynbee's Millenium". This author clashed with Lawrence Stone and R.H. Tawney in the so-called "storm over the gentry" and, contemporaneously with Eric Hobsbawm, developed the idea of the "general crisis of the 17th century". Low points in this man's career include his declaration that Africa had no history before European colonization and his 1983 "authentication" of the Hitler Diaries, which were later revealed to be a hoax. For 10 points, name this author of The Last Days of Hitler, a controversial British historian.
This man did much of the research for one of his books while disguised as a "Major Oughton"; that book later earned him a death threat from the Stern Gang.
Hugh Redwald {Trevor-Roper}, Baron {Dacre of Glanton} [accept either underlined portion]