Woods is a bit of light weight, at least judging by
"Politically Incorrect Guide to American History" (or whatever the title was).
I'll stick with Belloc.
So you are going to judge him on the basis of a book he wrote for a popular audience? Have you read his other stuff, like his book published by Columbia Univ. Press? I've actually read Woods's books, with the exception of this one. His Columbia book has been endorsed by totally mainstream people in the Catholic world. Lighten up, man. Criticize stuff you don't like about him, fine, but it poisons the Catholic world when a guy writes a positive book and people still go after him. That's just wrong.