Talk:World War II casualties/Archives/2020/December

Werner Gruhl

So, is the former NASA official Werner Gruhl a reliable source on World War II casualties? I would say no; this seems like a case of someone who is an expert in one area, but not necessarily a reliable source on an unrelated topic. I would appreciate other editors' opinions. —Granger (talk · contribs) 19:21, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Seeing no response, I'll remove the source again. If anyone disagrees, please discuss here. —Granger (talk · contribs) 08:21, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

The source is reliable it's a collection of different essays it's also published by a academic publishing house https://www.routledge.com/Imperial-Japans-World-War-Two-1931-1945/Gruhl/p/book/9780765803528 Imperial Japan’s World War Two is a full and unique statement of Japanese war crimes during fourteen years of conflict. No other single publication includes such a complete listing of atrocities (and, even then, Gruhl has missed a few), nor anything near the author’s compelling statistical analysis of those appalling war crimes. His compilation of human suffering goes beyond any other single source in its gruesome totality. And his succinct refutation of revisionist views on relative guilt and on means of ending the great Pacific/Asiatic conflict is a fitting conclusion to his impressive cataloging of Japan’s atrocious behavior.” Stanley L. Falk, Journal of Military History. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236808249_Imperial_Japan's_World_War_Two_1931-1945_review [T]his is a very strong collection of essays on the many different ways in which space and time are ‘reconstructed’ through mobile phone use. Reconstruction is not the first book to examine these issues, but it is nonetheless significant for the additional depth, detail and insight it brings to present understandings of the spatial and temporal dimensions and impacts of mobile phone use. . . . The breadth and depth of the research methods on display here are truly impressive, and this collection will form a rich and invaluable toolbox of ideas for future mobile and ICT researchers and students.” Rowan Wilken, Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policyhttps://www.amazon.com/Imperial-Japans-World-War-Two/dp/141281104XBuff of History (talk) 17:48, 5 December 2020 (UTC)