A Patriot's History of the United States · From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror
- Authors
- Schweikart, Larry & Allen, Michael
- Publisher
- Sentinel
- Tags
- history , politics
- ISBN
- 9781595230324
- Date
- 2004-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.19 MB
- Lang
- en
For the past three decades, many history professors have allowed their biases
to distort the way America’s past is taught. These intellectuals have searched
for instances of racism, sexism, and bigotry in our history while downplaying
the greatness of America’s patriots and the achievements of “dead white men.”
As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George
Washington; more about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War
II than about D-Day or Iwo Jima; more on the dangers we faced from Joseph
McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin.
_A Patriot’s History of the United States_ corrects those doctrinaire biases.
In this groundbreaking book, America’s discovery, founding, and development
are reexamined with an appreciation for the elements of public virtue,
personal liberty, and private property that make this nation uniquely
successful. This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of America’s true
and proud history.