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The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America's Past
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The War on Our History
Confederate memorials toppled . . . Columbus statues attacked with red paint.
They started with slave-owning Confederate generals, but they’re not stopping there.
The vandals are only pretending to care about the character of particular American heroes. In reality, they hate what those heroes represent: the truths asserted in the Declaration of Indep ...more
Confederate memorials toppled . . . Columbus statues attacked with red paint.
They started with slave-owning Confederate generals, but they’re not stopping there.
The vandals are only pretending to care about the character of particular American heroes. In reality, they hate what those heroes represent: the truths asserted in the Declaration of Indep ...more
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A tedious read. While I may agree philosophically on the main premise of the book, this book would be much more effective if the chapters were shorter and the total book came in at about 100 pages. Way too much excess material. The author makes his point and then beats us over the head with his analysis to the point where a it becomes a long, hard slog of a book. A shame because the premise is good, but like so many political books the authors refuse to believe that less is more!
A book-length rant against liberals, this is Stepman's defense of the white males of history who deserve our protection. He overlooks facts, like that Christopher Columbus was considered a violent and cruel man even by his contemporaries. Stepman blames those with liberal leaning for, well, everything. This reader is likely what Stepman would call a liberal but I am inclined to believe we are trying to overwrite history rather than accept and learn from it. But this book turned me off with its h
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Dec 22, 2019
Ryan
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really liked it
Recommends it for:
history fans, concerned American citizens
Recommended to Ryan by:
Regnery Publishing
(Full disclosure: I was contacted by the publisher because I wrote a review of one of their other books. I received a complimentary copy in exchange for writing a review upon reading the book. My review contains my own honest thoughts and is not influenced by the publisher.)
Jarrett Stepman writes a compelling case about the progressive-left's blatant attempt to - as the subtitle clearly denotes - rewrite America's past. He carefully and meticulously chronicles the absurd attempts by so-called "s ...more
Jarrett Stepman writes a compelling case about the progressive-left's blatant attempt to - as the subtitle clearly denotes - rewrite America's past. He carefully and meticulously chronicles the absurd attempts by so-called "s ...more
Couldn’t finish this one. It is nothing more than an opinion piece with little to back up the material beyond the basic history we were taught in school.
I almost never use a quote from a book I've read in my review but this line from page 242 is worth the exception; "Deep down, perhaps, what these statue topplers are rebelling against is their own failure to accomplish anything of note." Ha !!! How true. How true.
This book is a great lesson in history. I mean, I guess Jarrett Stepman could've written hundreds of pages discussing the Social Justice Warriors' sad attempts at erasing our history. He obviously does address that, but he takes a lot ...more
This book is a great lesson in history. I mean, I guess Jarrett Stepman could've written hundreds of pages discussing the Social Justice Warriors' sad attempts at erasing our history. He obviously does address that, but he takes a lot ...more
It is a great review of American history, with a few hidden gems and reminders that may have gotten lost in our modern so-called progressive education. It is a chastisement against the modern movement to destroy historical monuments and rewrite history. In the current American climate where so much of history is in the process of being destroyed, rewritten or deleted, a book like this one was a perfect reminder of all that is at stake.
While much of the book was a history review, it also contains ...more
While much of the book was a history review, it also contains ...more
Defensive and unimaginative restatement of American exceptionalism. It minimizes and at times seeks to justify America’s sins while using the sins of other nations to justify our aggressions against them. I downloaded it because it was free on Audible and I felt I needed to take in something to balance all the books I’ve read recently which are critical of America. But this was largely unhelpful. If you want to counter extreme liberal rejection of western civilization and Americanism, it would b
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A great example of how the same event can be seen differently depending on interpretation of facts and upon the weight given to pluses and minuses of people’s lives. The left would have us judge historical figures based upon the most negative possible interpretation of facts and the application of today’s points of view on historical behavior. They have demonized historical figures including the founding fathers and have made a generation of young people believe that America was and is a scourge
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The reader reviews are largely split between “love it” and “hate it”… Wonder why?
If you are over the age of 40, identify to the right of the median on the political spectrum, were taught a traditional view of American history in the days before most university professors identified as liberal, then you will largely appreciate this book.
If you are a Millennial or younger, were taught a revisionist version of history in primary school, or identify as ...more
The reader reviews are largely split between “love it” and “hate it”… Wonder why?
If you are over the age of 40, identify to the right of the median on the political spectrum, were taught a traditional view of American history in the days before most university professors identified as liberal, then you will largely appreciate this book.
If you are a Millennial or younger, were taught a revisionist version of history in primary school, or identify as ...more
What every American should know
This is an extensively researched, balanced and thorough presentation of the essence of America as it can be explained and understood by analyzing the contributions of key historical figures. It provides a compelling refutation of the anti-American sentiment so common in today's culture.
It will be an eye opener to any person under 40 who is open to a scholarly analysis of these individuals that includes an appreciation of the different cultural context they lived i ...more
This is an extensively researched, balanced and thorough presentation of the essence of America as it can be explained and understood by analyzing the contributions of key historical figures. It provides a compelling refutation of the anti-American sentiment so common in today's culture.
It will be an eye opener to any person under 40 who is open to a scholarly analysis of these individuals that includes an appreciation of the different cultural context they lived i ...more
A must read book
This is a remarkable look at American history and the threat it faces today. It focuses on a relatively few historical individuals whose legacies are under attack today. It examines their accomplishments and their failures in equal measure, and makes a convincing argument for their continued honoring, in spite of their very human failings. It also includes information about them not commonly taught or known which enhances the readers understanding of them as men and adds context ...more
This is a remarkable look at American history and the threat it faces today. It focuses on a relatively few historical individuals whose legacies are under attack today. It examines their accomplishments and their failures in equal measure, and makes a convincing argument for their continued honoring, in spite of their very human failings. It also includes information about them not commonly taught or known which enhances the readers understanding of them as men and adds context ...more
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Lying liar who lies (see his tweet about magically receiving a voting ballot when ballots won’t be mailed for a month 😂) spews racist white supremacy diarrhea in a poorly written, historically inaccurate rant.
Considering the theme of the book, I theoretically should like it, but the author's background in JoUrNaLiSm and not history is obvious. A sophomoric hagiography, this probably would make a great gift for whatever is the Ben Shapiro-loving equivalent of the Cool Wine Aunt.
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Great material a sizable nowhere else. Liked it enough on kindle unlimited, I bought it. Worth having in your library.
Great material a sizable nowhere else. Liked it enough on kindle unlimited, I bought it. Worth having in your library.
Disturbing but so true.
I wish some of the radical left kids would dive into this book.
Apr 07, 2020
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at least the value of history understood, the perspective of our experiences, learn from history or change to fit perspective bias which is then worthless.
Honestly, I think the best part of this book was that it inspired me to read a lot more history!
This book was published in 2019 and everything he predicted came true in 2020. It is truly sad what has happened in this country, especially since Jarret Stepman warned us it was coming.
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