A slightly unusual view of an historian

Posted by Helen Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Some time ago this blog mentioned a new biography of Herbert Butterfield, the analyst of "Whig history". I was greatly surprised to see a piece about about Butterfield by David Gordon on the Mises website. It is, in fact, a review of yet another study of the historian, by Kenneth B. McIntyre. Somehow, I had not connected Butterfield with libertarianism but the article concentrates largely on his views on foreign policy and they had a certain amount in common with the views usually expressed by contributors to the Mises site. The piece is well worth reading even if it raises the odd smile.

3 comments

  1. David Gordon Says:
  2. I'm grateful to your mention of my review, but the review is not of Bentley's biography, though I do quote from that book.

     
  3. David Gordon Says:
  4. Sorry--that should be "grateful for"

     
  5. Helen Says:
  6. Apologies. I shall correct this immediately.

     
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