"Moreover, two of the book's main contributors—Nicolas Werth and Jean-Louis Margolin—as well as Karel Bartosek{{r|LeMonde_Chemin_1997}} publicly disassociated themselves from Courtois' statements in the introduction and criticized his editorial conduct. Werth and Margolin felt Courtois was "obsessed" with arriving at a total of 100 million killed which resulted in "sloppy and biased scholarship"<ref>{{cite book|last=Ghodsee|first=Kristen|date=2017|title=Red Hangover: Legacies of Twentieth-Century Communism|url=https://www.dukeupress.edu/red-hangover|publisher=[[Duke University Press]]|page=140|isbn=978-0822369493|author-link=Kristen Ghodsee}}</ref> and faulted him for exaggerating death tolls in specific countries.{{r|LeMonde_Chemin_1997}}{{r|Gvosdev_2008|p=194}}{{r|Ghodsee_2017|p=123}} They also argued that based on the results of their studies, one can tentatively estimate the total number of the victims at between 65 and 93 million.{{r|LeMonde_Margolin_Werth_1997}} In particular, Margolin, who authored the ''Black Book''{{'}}s chapter on Vietnam, clarified "that he has never mentioned a million deaths in Vietnam".{{r|LeMonde_Chemin_1997}}" | "Moreover, two of the book's main contributors—Nicolas Werth and Jean-Louis Margolin—as well as Karel Bartosek{{r|LeMonde_Chemin_1997}} publicly disassociated themselves from Courtois' statements in the introduction and criticized his editorial conduct. Werth and Margolin felt Courtois was "obsessed" with arriving at a total of 100 million killed which resulted in "sloppy and biased scholarship"<ref>{{cite book|last=Ghodsee|first=Kristen|date=2017|title=Red Hangover: Legacies of Twentieth-Century Communism|url=https://www.dukeupress.edu/red-hangover|publisher=[[Duke University Press]]|page=140|isbn=978-0822369493|author-link=Kristen Ghodsee}}</ref> and faulted him for exaggerating death tolls in specific countries.{{r|LeMonde_Chemin_1997}}{{r|Gvosdev_2008|p=194}}{{r|Ghodsee_2017|p=123}} They also argued that based on the results of their studies, one can tentatively estimate the total number of the victims at between 65 and 93 million.{{r|LeMonde_Margolin_Werth_1997}} In particular, Margolin, who authored the ''Black Book''{{'}}s chapter on Vietnam, clarified "that he has never mentioned a million deaths in Vietnam".{{r|LeMonde_Chemin_1997}}" |