Why American History Is Not What They Say: An Introduction to Revisionism
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Language
English
ISBN
978-1-933550-49-7
Preface
ONE — The Art of History
I. Objectivity in History
II. History and Fiction
III. The Historical Fiction of Kenneth Roberts
IV. The Historical Fiction of John Dos Passos
TWO — The Historical Fiction of Gore Vidal: The "American Chronicle" Novels
I. Burr and Lincoln
II. 1876, Empire, and Hollywood
III. Hollywood and The Golden Age
THREE — The Story of American Revisionism
I. The Birth of American Revisionism and the Rise of Harry Elmer Barnes
II. Charles A. Beard and William Appleman Williams: From Progressivism to the New Left
III. Harry Elmer Barnes and James J. Martin: From Progressivism to Libertarianism
IV. James J. Martin: Historian and Pamphleteer
V. The Libertarian Historians and Their Colleagues on the New Left
FOUR — Some American Wars—Both Hot And Cold—Through Revisionist Eyes
I. The U.S. Civil War—the Revisionist View
II. America in the World Wars—A Revisionist Perspective
III. A Revisionist Look at America in the Cold War
FIVE — The Politics of the American Revisionists
I. "Left" and "Right," "Conservative" and "Liberal," Differentiated Historically
II. The Decline of American Liberalism—the Early Years
III. Conservative Republicans and Liberal Democrats in 19th Century America
IV. Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and the Triumph of Conservatism
V. Herbert Hoover's New Deal
VI. The Myth of the "Old Right"
VII. The Goldwater Anomaly
VIII. The Reagan Fraud—and After
SIX — The New American History Wars
I. Why Textbooks Matter
II. The Breakdown of the Consensus—the Case of Howard Zinn
III. American History According to Eric Foner
IV. Thomas E. Woods, Jr. vs. Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen
V. History, Fiction, and Objectivity—Some Concluding Observations
Index
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Notes
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
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