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Praise Title Page Dedication PREFACE Chapter 1 - THE COLONIAL ORIGINS OF AMERICAN LIBERTY

Suspicion + Dislike = Liberty A formula for freedom Love thy neighbor? Colonial quarrels give birth to religious freedom PC Myth: The Puritans were racists No, the Puritans didn’t steal Indian lands Self-government is non-negotiable

Chapter 2 - AMERICA’S CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION

Chapter 3 - THE CONSTITUTION

Chapter 4 - AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND THE “PRINCIPLES OF ’98”

Chapter 5 - THE NORTH–SOUTH DIVISION

You get Missouri, we get Maine More rhetorical blows Keep slavery out of the territories! (to reserve them for whites) States fight over plantations in . . . Arizona? It’s about slavery, but it’s not about slavery The Kansas “bloodbath” The rise of the Republicans Fact: Local Southern judge freed Dred Scott Lunatic on the loose: Murderer John Brown returns to the scene

Chapter 6 - THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES

Was there an American civil war? The states had the right to secede Was the war fought to free the slaves? Reality check: Lincoln’s views on race Why did the soldiers fight? The soldiers speak . . . The rise of total war

Chapter 7 - RECONSTRUCTION

Lincoln, Johnson, and presidential Reconstruction The South’s black codes The Fourteenth Amendment and states’ rights The first impeachment of a president

Chapter 8 - HOW BIG BUSINESS MADE AMERICANS BETTER OFF

Chapter 9 - WORLD WAR I

Propaganda in wartime? It can’t be! Starving civilians is against the law The Germans strike back The sinking of the Lusitania The Sussex pledge The Germans make one last push Why did Wilson favor war? The peace conference: The disaster Wilson pretended not to notice Opponents say we can’t police the world! “Bizarre” and “wild-eyed”: The Wilsonian program Setting the stage for World War II

Chapter 10 - THE MISUNDERSTOOD TWENTIES

Voting for the anti-Wilson The truth about the Twenties

Chapter 11 - THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL

Hoover: A “do nothing” president? If only! FDR comes to town Let’s help starving people by destroying food! FDR’s anti-business zealotry delays recovery The consequences of labor legislation The disaster of “public works” Not so fast, Court tells FDR Did World War II lift America out of the Depression? The military draft reduces unemployment!

Chapter 12 - YES, COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZERS REALLY EXISTED

Chapter 13 - THE APPROACH OF WORLD WAR II

FDR tries to neutralize neutrality laws The imperial presidency takes shape: Did FDR break the law? The end of neutrality FDR tries to draw Americans into war Did FDR make war with Japan inevitable?

Chapter 14 - WORLD WAR II: CONSEQUENCES AND AFTERMATH

Chapter 15 - CIVIL RIGHTS

Instead of law, sociology From race neutrality to race obsession Let’s force those kids together—even if they have to be bused two hours a day! The Kansas City fiasco The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Chapter 16 - JFK AND LBJ

Chapter 17 - THE DECADE OF GREED?

How was Reagan different? Charitable giving during the “Decade of Greed” The truth about Michael Milken, the man the media loved to hate The myth of budget cuts The tax bite

Chapter 18 - CLINTON

Clinton, a “centrist”? “Only unqualified applicants may apply” CNN foreign policy Balkan Misadventures: How Clinton abused power, abetted Islamists, lied, and ... “The era of big government is over”—say what?

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