Replacing myths with research and reality, Myth America is essential reading amid today’s heated debates about our nation’s past. Based on a firm foundation of historical scholarship, their findings revitalize our understanding of American history. The contributors debunk narratives that portray the New Deal and Great Society as failures, immigrants as hostile invaders, and feminists as anti-family warriors-among numerous other partisan lies. Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of fellow historians to push back against this misinformation. In this new book, Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past, co-editors Julian Zelizer and Kevin Kruse have assembled a team of well-known academic historians to help the public sort historical fact from historical falsehood. Kruse, 9781541604667, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide.

Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperiling our democracy. Kruse - 9781541604667 WebMyth America by Kevin M.

The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history.

In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation’s past. Few historians understand the country’s historical battleground better than Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer, who, in their new book, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and. Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of fellow historians to push back against this misinformation.

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