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There are people who write books and falsely claim that their facts overturn the work of other scholars with rival facts and rival opinions. Or at least their supporters and publisher make such claims. (See the review Triumph Forsaken.) I've received mail that indicates some people do not accept the possibility of factual argument being unable to refute rival argument. The problem is that people who write books, or articles, don't just throw out facts; they do something with their facts. They draw lines between their facts to create a picture. In a debate, party #1 can present numerous facts that party #2 can accept without changing its position or compromising the validity of its position. This party #2 can do because it can put the facts of party #1 into a more finely drawn, or larger, picture. Regarding the book Triumph Forsaken, in it Dr. Moyar makes the point that Saigon's President Ngo Dien Diem was a sincere nationalist, but those who see that war as a mistake by the U.S. do not necessarily dispute that point.
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