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

Larry Schweikart · Michael Patrick Allen

Dec 2004 · Penguin

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

Sometimes the title of a book tells you enough to decide whether you should bother to read it. This is one. So you should thank the authors for how they named the book. You needn't read it. It is propaganda. "Patriots" don't tell the truth about their country, nation, state, government. They tell what makes them "feel good" about their "country/nation/state/government." Spend your time reading something else, Perhaps, "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by Loewen. True patriots aren't afraid of warts or the truth and sometimes the truth is "warty".

'A Patriots History' is a magnificent, sweeping, and engrossing guide to our great country. I suggest it to scholor and layman alike. Morgan Orlins

I loved it. This is by far one of the best U.S. history books I've ever read. I highly recommend it.

About the author

Larry Schweikart is the co-author of A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror, and is a professor of history at the University of Dayton. He has written more than 20 books on national defense, business, and financial history.