Are Michael Bellesiles’s Critics Afraid to Say What They Really Think?By Jerome Sternstein Mr. Sternstein is Professor Emeritus of History, Brooklyn College, CUNY, and co-editor of The Encyclopedia of American Biography. Click here to read Mr. Bellesiles's Response to Mr. Sternstein. Click here to read Mr. Sternstein's Response to Mr. Bellesiles.Has the time come to ask if Michael Bellesiles's Arming America is an example of scholarly deceit? Some defenders of Bellesiles's work have insisted in various forums that Bellesiles's critics have yet to bring forth any evidence to suggest scholarly fraud. Recently, in making his case, one apologist pointed to...