Oliver Stone, the film-maker behind JFK, Platoon, and W, is making a 10 hour series on the history of the Twentieth Century for American television. He is no stranger to controversy and has stated that this will correct the "inaccuracies and biases" that exist in conventional history teaching. He considers Hitler, for example, to be "an easy scapegoat throughout history" and that Stalin's role also needs to be reevaluated as "He fought the German war machine more than any person." More on his plans here.
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