Unlike Woodford, Holland certainly does read deeply on history. So Holland is well aware that the caricature of history Woodford subscribes to is facile, sophomoric and often dead wrong. Anyone who had, unlike Woodford, actually read Holland’s book would know he is not. (17.26)Woodford goes on to list other things along these lines that Holland does not address or explain, including witch burnings, pogroms and Crusades. We just noted they were irrelevant bluster aimed at a straw man and demonstrably wrong, as anyone who has actually read Holland’s book could see.