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A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror

Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Release Date: 2007-02-27
Publisher:Sentinel Trade
Author Larry Schweikart; Michael Allen
Number of pages:960
ISBN:1595230327
Language:Original Language: English; Unknown: English; Published: English;

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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.

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    « Type Very Difficult to Read - The Penguins Did It! »
    J'accuse: I can just imagine Penguin books havng the attitude: "This book is trash, this idiot accuses liberals, just print the #@%& thing any old way, and don't waste ink"

    SO they set about to sabotage it by printing it in a font that is difficult to read. Look, I don't go around being paranoid or mistrustful of people's motives, but I was not born yesterday, and in my view the printing of this book was massacred on purpose.
    I don't think publishers use a difficult to read font by accident. "Oh, we just printed thousands of copies with the wrong font. How careless of us." No.

    And in truth, this book would have been given a pauper's grave had not the Oprah of the New Conservatives, Glenn Beck, not recommended it. Yet it is darn hard to read.

    I hope to read some of it so I can comment on the actual content. What I am picking up from the negative reviews is that the writing, the intellectual approach is a bit careless. Like the printing? And the editing?

    In all this, the subject is a crucial one, as Progressives have re-written history in a way which I can only describe as perfectly horrible, performing a forcible lobotomy on millions of people as they could learn about the greatness of their country and in the process achieve some personal power themselves. Instead what we get is a nation of students who are passive and docile, without much taste for risk or adventure. With the current health care bill, we went to sleep with a dream of hope, and woke up screaming.
    Rating: (2 out of 5) @ 2010-03-19
    « Lies, Lies and More Distortions of Truth. »
    If you are a fan of Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Fox News and all of the other Conservative Blowhards who make up the Republican Freak Show, you will probably love this book. If, on the other hand, you are a seeker of truth, tired of distorted history and are sick of pundits making it up as they go along, you will read a more balanced account of American History. But trust me, this ain't it.
    Rating: (1 out of 5) @ 2010-03-19
    « Review doesn't make any sense »
    Why do you keep asking for a review. I need to review the seller. I have been waiting for five weeks for this item and the seller has failed to provide a proper explanation. For goodness sake! Give me a venue for proper review. Amazon forms never seem to fit the situation.

    Your seller charged my credit card for this item five weeks ago!!!!! I have never seen this SO CALLED PURCHASE.
    Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2010-03-18
    « A Must Read »
    As a professor of American History, this is probably the best written text on a survey of American History. If you are interested in the liberal left apologist revision of history or the ultra conservative right's America can do no wrong history this book is not for you. Read Howard Zin for that. But if you are interested in the History of the U.S. from a good historical perspective and well written then I highly recommend this book!
    Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2010-03-15
    « Great, jam packed Patriotic adventure. »
    Unlike the Liberal History books, this one sets the record straight. This book puts more focus on the real issues and beliefs America faced as a nation; physically and spiritually. Using it to pass a History CLEP test. 5 stars
    Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2010-03-15
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