[Colonel_Flagg]

In the past year his reputation was shattered by revelations that parts of his works had been plagiarized, a charge also hurled against fellow historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.

I wouldn't necessarily say his reputation was "destroyed", though he did have to deal with some truly adverse publicity over the attribution of a small part of his work as mentioned elsewhere on this thread.

I agree fully with your assessment of his work, however. His work with the national D-Day museum and on behalf of the written historical record regarding the American soldier in World War II are priceless gifts to history.

[Braak]

Frankly, I think a lot of his fellows hated Ambrose because he did make history so acessable. Why, we can't have the great unwashed actually be able to argue with us? So now, they can assainate him now that he's left us. I can see it now. By the time we're done, Goodwin will be a hero and Ambrose villified.