revisionism

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“Now I Surrender,” a pendant work of revisionism that centers on Geronimo’s defiance and defeat, is a longer, more complicated novel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

In a statement, organisers of the rallies decried the "violence, historical revisionism, and intimidation" of the past months, as the crowds marched with banners and signs.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

One of the earlier efforts that established the template for World War II revisionism is "Back Door to War," by Charles Tansill, published in 1952.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2023

That “truth” — support someone for what they represent, instead of what they actually did — is the very type of historical revisionism that Mexican American activists are trying to dismantle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Particularly vexing to Meggers was that some of the same people who demanded minutely detailed proof for pre-Clovis sites had cheerfully accepted Roosevelt’s revisionism about Marajo.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann