Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get WrongSimon & Schuster, 2000 - 480 páginas "In Lies Across America," James W. Loewen continues his mission, begun in the award-winning "Lies My Teacher Told Me," of overturning the myths and misinformation that too often pass for American history. "Lies Across America" is a one-of-a-kind examination of sites all over the country where history is literally written on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, historic houses, forts, and ships. With one hundred entries, drawn from every state, Loewen reveals that: The USS Intrepid, the "feel-good" war museum, celebrates its glorious service in World War II but nowhere mentions the three tours it served in Vietnam. The Jefferson Memorial misquotes from the Declaration of Independence and skews Thomas Jefferson's writings to present this conflicted slaveowner as an outright abolitionist. Abraham Lincoln had been dead for thirty years when his birthplace cabin was built! "Lies Across America" is a reality check for anyone who has ever sought to learn about America through our public sites and markers. Entertaining and enlightening, it is destined to change the way we see our country. |
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... Vietnam had been our allies against Japan during World War II . In the Philippines , the United States simply replaced Spain as the colonial master . In Vietnam , after Japan fell , the United States first tried to prop up France , the ...
... Vietnam had been our allies against Japan during World War II . In the Philippines , the United States simply replaced Spain as the colonial master . In Vietnam , after Japan fell , the United States first tried to prop up France , the ...
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... Vietnam . American soldiers despised their assignments , so rot appeared in the army , and a serious anti- war movement arose at home . As in Vietnam , hawks then claimed that anti- war agitation was raising enemy morale , hence ...
... Vietnam . American soldiers despised their assignments , so rot appeared in the army , and a serious anti- war movement arose at home . As in Vietnam , hawks then claimed that anti- war agitation was raising enemy morale , hence ...
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... Vietnam from 1966 through 1968 , winning " best ship in fleet " on its third tour , but no display in the museum covers the Vietnam War or the ship's involvement in it . This is a grotesque misrepresen- tation , not least because ...
... Vietnam from 1966 through 1968 , winning " best ship in fleet " on its third tour , but no display in the museum covers the Vietnam War or the ship's involvement in it . This is a grotesque misrepresen- tation , not least because ...
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In What Ways Were We Warped? | 15 |
Some Functions of Public History | 23 |
THE FAR WEST | 51 |
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Lies Across America: What American Historic Sites Get Wrong James W. Loewen Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
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