Hans Mommsen (born 5 November 1930) is a left-wing German historian.

Some left-wing historians argue that fascism is equivalent to all capitalism.

Today's left-wing historians fail to make the distinctions between very different kinds of anti-Communism.

It is predominantly used by left-wing historians, while most historians prefer the term Ständestaat.

At the same time, many left-wing German historians disliked what they saw as the nationalistic tone of the Kohl government.

Nixon told an interviewer that he did not read the book after publication, either, labelling Ambrose as "just another left-wing historian".

Next, left-wing historians rose up to defend black culture against Moynihan's characterizations.

In recent years there has been increasing pressure from left-wing historians and others to explore that past.

Nixon may have been righter when he called him "just another left-wing historian," but Ambrose was neither.

Harker's work had, indeed, become an orthodoxy and was being quoted by a number of prominent left-wing historians.