Lies My Teacher Told Me：Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

Americanshavelosttouchwiththeirhistory,andinLiesMyTeacherToldMeProfessorJamesLoewenshowswhy.AftersurveyingeighteenleadinghighschoolAmericanhistorytexts,hehasconcludedthatnotonedoesadecentjobofmakinghistoryinterestingormemorable.Marredbyanembarrassingcombinationofblindpatriotism,mindlessoptimism,sheermisinformation,andoutrightlies,thesebooksomitalmostalltheambiguity,passion,conflict,anddramafromourpast.Inthisrevisededition,packedwithupdatedmaterial,Loewenexploreshowhistoricalmythscontinuetobeperpetuatedintoday'sclimateandaddsaneye-openingchapterontheliessurrounding9/11andtheIraqWar.FromthetruthaboutColumbus'shistoricvoyagestoanhonestevaluationofournationalleaders,Loewenrevivesourhistory,restoringthevitalityandrelevanceittrulypossesses.Thoughtprovoking,nonpartisan,andoftenshocking,LoewenunveilstherealAmericainthisiconoclasticclassicbelovedbyhighschoolteachers,historybuffs,andenlightenedcitizensacrossthecountry.