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33 questions about American history you're not supposed to ask / Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Three Rivers Press, c2007.Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: ix, 306 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0307346692 (pbk.)
  • 9780307346698 (pbk.)
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  • Thirty-three questions about American history you're not supposed to ask
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Contents:
Introduction: Hoaxes and history -- Did the founding fathers support immigration? -- Did Martin Luther King , Jr. oppose affirmative action? -- Were the American Indians really environmentalists? -- Were states' rights just code words for slavery and oppression? -- What was "the biggest unknown scandal of the Clinton years"? -- Was the "wild West" really so wild? -- How antiwar have American liberals really been over the years? -- Did the Iroquois indians influence the United States Constitution? -- Did desegregation of schools significantly narrow the Black-White educational achievement gap? -- Was the Civil War all about slavery, or was something else at stake as well? -- Can the President, on his own authority, send troops anywhere in the world he wants? -- Is it true that during World War II "Americans never had it so good"? -- How does social security really work? -- Was George Washington Carver really one of America's greatest scientific geniuses? -- Was the U.S. Constitution meant to be a "living, breathing" document that changes with the times? -- Did the pilgrims flourish in America thanks to Indian Agricultural wisdom? -- Who is most responsible for the "imperial presidency"? -- Is discrimination to blame for racial differences in income and job placement? -- Where did Thomas Jefferson's radical states' rights ideas come from? -- What really happened in the Whiskey Rebellion, and why will neither your textbook nor George Washington tell you? -- What made American wages rise? (hint: it wasn't unions or the government) -- Did capitalism cause the Great Depression? -- Did Herbert Hoover sit back and do nothing during the Great Depression? -- Did Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal lift the United States out of the Depression? -- Does the Constitution's commerce clause really grant the federal government the power to regulate all gainful activity? -- Can the federal governmen do whatever it thinks will provide for the "general welfare" of Americans? -- Does the Constitution really contain an "elastic clause"? -- Did the founding fathers believe juries could refuse to enforce unjust laws? -- Is the U.S. government too stingy with foreign aid (or not stingy enough)? -- Did labor unions make Americans more free? -- Should Americans care about historians' rankings of the presidents? -- Who was S.B. Fuller? -- Did Bill Clinton really stop a genocide in Kosovo? -- Conclusion: Schools and superstition.
Summary: Libertarian author Woods sets the record straight with a provocative look at the hidden truths about our nation's history--the ones that have been buried because they're too politically incorrect to discuss. Woods draws on real scholarship--as opposed to the myths, platitudes, and slogans so many other "history" books are based on--to ask and answer tough questions about American history. Woods's eye-opening exploration reveals how much has been whitewashed from the historical record, overlooked, and skewed beyond recognition.--From publisher description.
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News flash- The Indians didn't save the Pilgrims from starvation by teaching them to grow corn. The "Wild West" was more peaceful and a lot safer than most modern cities. And the biggest scandal of the Clinton years didn't involve an intern in a blue dress.

Surprised? Don't be. In America, where history is riddled with misrepresentations, misunderstandings, and flat-out lies about the people and events that have shaped the nation, there's the history you know and then there's the truth. In 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask , New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Woods Jr. reveals the tough questions about our nation's history that have long been buried because they're too politically incorrect to discuss, including-

Are liberals really so antiwar?

Was the Civil War all about slavery?

Did the Framers really look to the American Indians as the model for the U.S. political system?

Did Bill Clinton actually stop a genocide in Kosovo, as we're told?

The answer to all those questions is no. Woods's eye-opening exploration reveals just how much of the historical record has been whitewashed, overlooked, and skewed beyond recognition. 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask will have you wondering just how much of your nation's past you haven't been told.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Hoaxes and history -- Did the founding fathers support immigration? -- Did Martin Luther King , Jr. oppose affirmative action? -- Were the American Indians really environmentalists? -- Were states' rights just code words for slavery and oppression? -- What was "the biggest unknown scandal of the Clinton years"? -- Was the "wild West" really so wild? -- How antiwar have American liberals really been over the years? -- Did the Iroquois indians influence the United States Constitution? -- Did desegregation of schools significantly narrow the Black-White educational achievement gap? -- Was the Civil War all about slavery, or was something else at stake as well? -- Can the President, on his own authority, send troops anywhere in the world he wants? -- Is it true that during World War II "Americans never had it so good"? -- How does social security really work? -- Was George Washington Carver really one of America's greatest scientific geniuses? -- Was the U.S. Constitution meant to be a "living, breathing" document that changes with the times? -- Did the pilgrims flourish in America thanks to Indian Agricultural wisdom? -- Who is most responsible for the "imperial presidency"? -- Is discrimination to blame for racial differences in income and job placement? -- Where did Thomas Jefferson's radical states' rights ideas come from? -- What really happened in the Whiskey Rebellion, and why will neither your textbook nor George Washington tell you? -- What made American wages rise? (hint: it wasn't unions or the government) -- Did capitalism cause the Great Depression? -- Did Herbert Hoover sit back and do nothing during the Great Depression? -- Did Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal lift the United States out of the Depression? -- Does the Constitution's commerce clause really grant the federal government the power to regulate all gainful activity? -- Can the federal governmen do whatever it thinks will provide for the "general welfare" of Americans? -- Does the Constitution really contain an "elastic clause"? -- Did the founding fathers believe juries could refuse to enforce unjust laws? -- Is the U.S. government too stingy with foreign aid (or not stingy enough)? -- Did labor unions make Americans more free? -- Should Americans care about historians' rankings of the presidents? -- Who was S.B. Fuller? -- Did Bill Clinton really stop a genocide in Kosovo? -- Conclusion: Schools and superstition.

Libertarian author Woods sets the record straight with a provocative look at the hidden truths about our nation's history--the ones that have been buried because they're too politically incorrect to discuss. Woods draws on real scholarship--as opposed to the myths, platitudes, and slogans so many other "history" books are based on--to ask and answer tough questions about American history. Woods's eye-opening exploration reveals how much has been whitewashed from the historical record, overlooked, and skewed beyond recognition.--From publisher description.

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