Why American History Is Not What They Say: An Introduction to Revisionism (2009)

by Jeff Riggenbach

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"Americans have been warring with each other for more than a century over the contents of the American history textbooks used in the nation's high schools and colleges"--Page 4 of cover.

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History, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" (1906)

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This book is for Suzanne, who made it possible.

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Americans have been warring with each other for more than a century over the contents of American history textbooks used in the nation's high schools and colleges.

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