Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory is a 1993 book by Deborah Lipstadt, in which she gives a history and analysis of the Holocaust denial movement. Lipstadt named writer David Irving as a holocaust denier, leading him to sue her unsuccessfully for libel (see Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt). She gives a detailed explanation of how people came to deny the Holocaust or claim that it was vastly exaggerated by the Jews. Among those described as Holocaust deniers in Denying the Holocaust are: