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1	Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong more books like this by James W Loewen add to wishlist Why do so many Americans have little grasp of the ideas that shaped their nation? In this groundbreaking book, Loewen not only exposes the villain--textbooks that are embarrassing combinations of blind patriotism and outright lies--but reinstates suppressed information in a fascinating chronology. 26 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	1776 more books like this by David McCullough (Read by) add to wishlist David McCullough is known for his scholarly yet readable accounts of historical events and people's lives. Fans of his biography of John Adams will find the same narrative skill in 1776, his history of the first year of the America's war for independence from Britain. General Washington is at the center of this history, but important too are the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present more books like this by Howard Zinn, Ph.D. add to wishlist THE PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES presents what has come to be called "history from the bottom up," as it tells America's national narrative in a way that is inclusive of those previously left out of, or marginalized by, standard histories. The book reveals that it was the Arawak Indians who were present at the first contact with Columbus. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.34! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America more books like this by Ronald T Takaki add to wishlist Upon its first publication, A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics as a dramatic retelling of America's past. Beginning with the colonization of the New World, it recounted the history of America in the voice of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States - Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.88! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam more books like this by Gordon M Goldstein add to wishlist 'I had a part in a great failure. I made mistakes of perception, recommendation and execution. If I have learned anything I should share it'. These are not words that Americans ever expected to hear from McGeorge Bundy, the national security adviser to presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. But in the last years of his life, Bundy - the ... see all copies from $9.83! new only from $11.70! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Death of a President, November 20-November 25, 1963 more books like this by William Manchester add to wishlist In this beautifully written, bestselling account of the death of John F. Kennedy, Manchester speaks with a sense of immediacy and authenticity about what really happened and why. "A book that will be used by historians for the next 2,000 years".--James Michener. see all copies from $39.58! new only from $242.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Rumor of War more books like this by Philip Caputo add to wishlist This powerful memoir chronicles Caputo's hitch in Vietnam as a Marine lieutenant, describing his transformation from an idealistic young soldier into a ruthless killer, and then to a cynical critic of war's sickening waste and madness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA more books like this by Tim Weiner add to wishlist Covering the Central Intelligence Agencys less-than-stellar reputation over its 60-year existence, this work by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author is based on more than 50,000 documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA itself, and hundreds of interviews with CIA veterans. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $9.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community more books like this by Robert D Putnam add to wishlist Based on a 25-year research project, this book documents a significant downward spike in the ways that Americans gather in social groups--and recommends new ways that people can come together for the common good. see all copies from $2.12! new only from $7.49! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War more books like this by Tony Horwitz add to wishlist A portrait of Civil War societies and the amateur historians who populate them throughout the South. Horwitz, the grandson of Russian immigrants who were obsessed with the conflict, spent a year visiting such societies to piece together his account. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World more books like this by A J Jacobs add to wishlist Alarmed and more than a little chagrined at the massive gaps in his personal knowledge base, Jacobs sets for himself a suitably daunting, and some might say insane, task: to fill in the holes in his Ivy-league education by reading the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War more books like this by Professor Drew Gilpin Faust add to wishlist The president of Harvard University presents this innovative study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and consequences of death in the face of the unprecedented slaughter of the Civil War. 56 illustrations. see all copies from $3.47! new only from $8.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Greatest Generation more books like this by Tom Brokaw add to wishlist Accompanying an NBC television special, this title features the American men and women who were born in the 1920s, experienced the unique circumstances of a World War, and went on to become the parents of the "baby boomers." Award-winning anchorman Brokaw has reported on many of the world's major news events since he began his career with NBC News ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II more books like this by Douglas A Blackmon add to wishlist Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history, the late 1870s through the 1940s when thousands of African-American men were arbitrarily arrested, hit with fines, charged for room and board in state and county jails, and then forced to work off the debt as unpaid laborers. see all copies from $5.11! new only from $5.17! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals more books like this by Jane Mayer add to wishlist "The Dark Side" is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the U.S. has made self-destructive decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world--decisions that have not only violated the Constitution and American values, but have also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. see all copies from $2.20! new only from $2.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan more books like this by Doug Stanton add to wishlist From the bestselling author of "In Harm's Way" comes a spectacular, harrowing, true-life soldiers' tale of struggle and triumph in the wake of the September 11 attacks. b&w photographs. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $14.21! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The American Pageant: A History of the Republic more books like this by David M Kennedy add to wishlist The American Pageant continues to enjoy a reputation as one of the most popular and effective textbooks in the field of American history. The text's colorful anecdotes, first-person quotations, and trademark wit bring American history to life. Revisions have been guided by the inclusion of the histories of previously overlooked individuals or ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $47.25! \| SVS
18 view cover	America: A Narrative History more books like this by George Brown Tindall add to wishlist This large, lavishly illustrated, single-volume history of the United States has been a standard for years. From the Native American experience before Columbus to the Clinton Administration, Tindall and Shi provide a narrative that includes major events and personalities while paying attention to the culture of everyday life. With over a hundred ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.54! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	American Nation more books like this by James West Davidson add to wishlist A textbook for United States history from earliest Indian civilizations to the present, with maps, charts, activities, study questions, and review chapters. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.59! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Fourth Turning more books like this by William Strauss, Neil Howe add to wishlist Basing their vision on a provocative theory of American history as series of recurring 80- to 100-year cycles, the authors predict that, just after the millennium, America will enter a new era that will culminate with a political and social crisis comparable to the American Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II. "The Fourth Turning" shows ... see all copies from $9.88! new only from $10.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Assassination Vacation more books like this by Sarah Vowell add to wishlist Quirky essayist Sarah Vowell, known both for her pieces on NPR's "This American Life" and her star turn voicing teen superhero Violet in the animated Pixar blockbuster THE INCREDIBLES, waxes both witty and rhapsodic in this monumentally obsessive travelogue chronicling her so-called pilgrimage to various places related to the first three ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	America: Pathways to the Present more books like this by Andrew R L Cayton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.67! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party more books like this by Max Blumenthal add to wishlist An intimate, investigative portrait of how the purveyors of the politics of personal crisis and redemption brought down the GOP--and why they're still calling the shots for the party see all copies from $14.49! new only from $14.49! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Give Me Liberty!: An American History more books like this by Professor Eric Foner add to wishlist Freedom, the oldest of clich s and the most modern of aspirations, is the unifying theme in the new survey of American history by Eric Foner, the well-known historian and author of The Story of American Freedom. Give Me Liberty! examines the changing meanings of freedom, the social conditions that make freedom possible and its shifting boundaries ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.87! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Behold a Pale Horse more books like this by Milton William Cooper (Introduction by) add to wishlist Cooper, a former U.S. Naval intelligence briefing team member, offers this lucid, rational work that reveals secrets kept guarded by the American government since the 1940s, including the presence of UFOs, the facts behind the J.F.K. assassination, and more. see all copies from $14.22! new only from $18.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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