Steven Broomfield Posted 9 December , 2014 Share Posted 9 December , 2014 Sir Max seems to pride himself on being a bombastic controversialist and knocking the performance of British units. As far as I read it, Catastrophe fitted the pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 9 December , 2014 Share Posted 9 December , 2014 Is Freiherr von Burstfeld trying to be offensive ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgranger Posted 31 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 31 March , 2015 Someone isn't happy with Sirmax http://20committee.com/2015/03/30/plagiarism-is-not-cool/and you can see why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCurragh Posted 31 March , 2015 Share Posted 31 March , 2015 An interesting article, but please, can we be very careful to avoid any such accusations here Thanks Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 31 March , 2015 Share Posted 31 March , 2015 Please, who is the offended party ................ I read his words with great interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 31 March , 2015 Share Posted 31 March , 2015 Is Freiherr von Burstfeld trying to be offensive ? I wasn't trying. Please, who is the offended party ................ I read his words with great interest. Clicking the link in the article, I assume this is he http://wih.sagepub.com/content/9/2/159.abstract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 31 March , 2015 Share Posted 31 March , 2015 appears to be: by John R. Schindler Schindlers list of examples is compelling. Over to sirmacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 31 March , 2015 Share Posted 31 March , 2015 Someone isn't happy with Sirmax http://20committee.com/2015/03/30/plagiarism-is-not-cool/and you can see why. I mentioned some time ago that Sir Max seems to repackage old, known information and attempts to deliver it as groundbreaking new info. Nothing I read in the book appeared new to me although I have to admit I didn't get very far with the book.. This allegation by Schindler is slightly different as the author seems to believe his research has been plagiarised. The difficulty here is that you cannot copyright a fact e.g X number of Officers died etc, even if X was calculated by someone else. Sir Max may well have done the exact same calculation using the same source. While not legally necessary it would be courteous to at least acknowledge the source of the calc. Unless the author can prove the info repeats his version verbatim he wont get very far and I suspect he is not on firm ground. Sir Max was fairly economical when attributing quotes I seem to recall but again that is no longer a legal requirement under UK copyright law (amended last October). MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hederer Posted 31 March , 2015 Share Posted 31 March , 2015 I mentioned some time ago that Sir Max seems to repackage old, known information and attempts to deliver it as groundbreaking new info. Beat me to it. I'll be interested to see what, if anything, comes out of it. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMarsdin Posted 31 March , 2015 Share Posted 31 March , 2015 Aiwac's thread http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=226278#entry2245877 has a link to review of Dr Schindler's book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 31 March , 2015 Share Posted 31 March , 2015 Beat me to it. I'll be interested to see what, if anything, comes out of it. Paul Nothing. Does anyone on the Forum really think Sir Max has any worried about what we think? He'll continue to sell books by the ton, irrespective. The people who lap up his stuff are not going to worry about our view, or that of "proper" historians of whom they have never heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertwolves Posted 31 March , 2015 Share Posted 31 March , 2015 Have read it quite. A fair amount is a retelling of 'The Guns of August' and overall doesn't say anything new for those with a keen interest in WW1. All fronts in the opening phase of the conflict are covered. A lot of emphasis is given to the French casualties suffered. Definitely not in 'The Black Adder' camp but does have a low opinion of Sir John French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hederer Posted 1 April , 2015 Share Posted 1 April , 2015 Nothing. Does anyone on the Forum really think Sir Max has any worried about what we think? He'll continue to sell books by the ton, irrespective. The people who lap up his stuff are not going to worry about our view, or that of "proper" historians of whom they have never heard. Nope, I don't think anyone was implying he would care what we on the forum think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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