Stephen Ambrose, a best selling author and historian, has come under fire for plagiarizing the work of Penn History professor Thomas Childers.
In a column published in this week's issue of The Weekly Standard, Fred Barnes accuses Ambrose of copying passages in his recent book Wild Blue from Childers' 1995 work Wings of Morning.
Both books tell the stories of B-24 bomber crews in World War II, but while Ambrose credits Wings of Morning in a footnote, he fails to acknowledge directly
quoting from the book or borrowing phrases or wording.
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