Guns, Germs, and a Lawsuit
Author Jared Diamond is sued for defamation by New Guinea tribesmen
Posted 05.15.2009 at 1:12 pm 2 Comments
Claims of murder. Accusations of lying. Anthropology. This one's got it all. In April, Jared Diamond, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, Germs, and Steel, found himself the target of a defamation lawsuit brought by two Handa tribesmen from Papua New Guinea. The suit alleges that Diamond erred when he wrote a New Yorker article claiming that the tribesmen* committed revenge-motivated murder.
Diamnd's book is ne of the central volumes in the can on coming from the 20th century enlightenment.
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