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Terfex.com - The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History
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Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9780895260475
ISBN: 0895260476
Label: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 270
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Studio: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Almost everything you know about American history is wrong, because most textbooks and popular history books are written by left-wing academic historians who treat their biases as fact. But fear not, Professor Thomas Woods has written the perfect antidote. This delightful book--funny and inviting, but factually sound--shatters the myths about American history and separates fact from fiction.
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Summary: Want to learn real History?
Comment: Great Book backed up by true quotes given by real people. This book puts people like Abraham Lincoln in a different light. I knew most of this stuff before reading the book but I am a student of history; most people are not. If you are more knowledgable than your fellow man when it comes to history or not makes no difference. If you read this book with an open mind you will love it. If you read it with a closed mind or the attitude that what you were taught in school is the correct version of things than you will be sorely dissapointed in this as you will probably call it 'piece of propaganda.'
When I graduated in 1984 I thought Lincoln was almost a God. That's because I was taught that he was almost a God. 7 or 8 years later when I started studying history I realized he is a far different man that what he appeared to be in high school history books. I still admire him but he was not what I thought he was. This book affirms that & if you enjoy this book also read 'the politically incorrect guide to the Confederacy.' That is a great book as well.
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Summary: Ah, authentic American History
Comment: An American state possessed the legal right to secede from the Union.
Labor Unions did not stop children labor nor stop 80 hour work weeks.
Many American intellectuals were apologists for Soviet communism.
FDR's New Deal made the depression worst.
These are only but a few specifics they do not teach you in history class.
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Summary: Brief, but to the point
Comment: I appreciated Prof. Woods touching on the main points directly although briefly. This is understandable as the subjects are varied and cover a somewhat long period of time.
The sources cited at the end of the book are numerous and not individually identified as being endorsed.
This is an excellent primer which will whet the appetite of those seeking to get past the propaganda and help identify subjects of personal importance so further research can be taken on.
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Summary: it's no secret
Comment: "...and it's no secret that Stalin starved his people." maybe it's no secret. neither is it a secret that mao murdered millions of innocent chinese. but it is very un-pc to acknowledge such things, because it leads into dangerous un-pc areas the progressive thought police want to keep you away from. Students might get the wrong ideas about unimportant things such as communism and communist aggression, mccarthyism, nationalism, american sovereignty, private property, freedom and gun ownership; things which really aren't issues in today's world in which we are all citizens of the global village.
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Summary: Politically Incorrect Guide to American History
Comment: I am a history lover and always want to hear the truth. A lot was left out of my history classes when I was a kid. I am glad to see a book like this on the market. It is past time to get the truth out to the children of today instead of the watered down information that is out there now.
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