<div dir="ltr"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.8px">[NOTE TO ADMINISTRATOR: please discard two earlier versions and review this for posting]</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.8px">I came across this recent posting by B. R. Myers revoking his recommendation for Charles Armstrong's <i style="box-sizing:border-box">Tyranny of the Weak</i> (2013)<i style="box-sizing:border-box">.</i> Myers' revocation is, for me, unprecedented.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.8px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.8px">Myers compares Armstrong's <i style="box-sizing:border-box">Tyranny </i>with Balazs Szalontai's <i style="box-sizing:border-box">Kim Il Sung in the Khrushchev Era</i> (2005)<i style="box-sizing:border-box">. </i>He gives detailed examples why he can't support the book.  If there is any truth to what Myers says then it is all very disturbing since Armstrong's books are widely admired and used.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.8px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.8px">I wonder what others think.  Myers' post can be found at </div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://sthelepress.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">http://sthelepress.com/</a></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.8px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.8px">Jiyul Kim</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.8px">Oberlin College</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12.8px">Oberlin, Ohio</div></div>