The Politically Incorrect Guide<sup>TM</sup> to American History

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Everything—well, 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 refutes the popular myths in The Politically Incorrect GuideTM to American History.

Professor Woods's book reveals facts that you won’t be, or never were, taught in school. It tells you about the "Books You're Not Supposed to Read" and takes ...

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Overview

Everything—well, 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 refutes the popular myths in The Politically Incorrect GuideTM to American History.

Professor Woods's book reveals facts that you won’t be, or never were, taught in school. It tells you about the "Books You're Not Supposed to Read" and takes you on a fast paced, politically incorrect tour of American history that will give you all the information you need to battle and confound left-wing professors, neighbors, and friends.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780786138661
  • Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
  • Publication date: 5/9/2006
  • Series: Politically Incorrect Guides
  • Format: MP3
  • Edition description: Unabridged
  • Sales rank: 1,117,183
  • Ships to U.S.and APO/FPO addresses only.

Meet the Author

Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Ph. D., holds a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and a master's and Ph.D. from Columbia University. A New York Times best-selling author, he teaches courses in Western civilization and is the associate editor of Latin Mass magazine. He lives in New York with his family.

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Table of Contents

Ch. 1 The colonial origins of American liberty 1
Ch. 2 America's conservative revolution 11
Ch. 3 The Constitution 17
Ch. 4 American government and the "principles of '98" 31
Ch. 5 The north - south division 43
Ch. 6 The war between the states 61
Ch. 7 Reconstruction 77
Ch. 8 How big business made Americans better off 93
Ch. 9 World War I 109
Ch. 10 The misunderstood twenties 133
Ch. 11 The Great Depression and the New Deal 139
Ch. 12 Yes, communist sympathizers really existed 157
Ch. 13 The approach of World War II 173
Ch. 14 World War II : consequences and aftermath 183
Ch. 15 Civil rights 195
Ch. 16 JFK and LBJ 213
Ch. 17 The decade of greed? 231
Ch. 18 Clinton 239
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