The author is a combat veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a former assistant professor of US history at West Point. This book grew out of the 30 lectures he produced for the survey course he taught to cadets. Although he covers all of the major events, movements and figures in American history, Danny Sjursen flips the lense, offering fresh insights and uncommon empathy. Written in lively, vivid, engaging prose by a decorated veteran who has become an outspoken critic of America's military practices and imperialism, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is a "true" history in every sense:…mehr
The author is a combat veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a former assistant professor of US history at West Point. This book grew out of the 30 lectures he produced for the survey course he taught to cadets. Although he covers all of the major events, movements and figures in American history, Danny Sjursen flips the lense, offering fresh insights and uncommon empathy. Written in lively, vivid, engaging prose by a decorated veteran who has become an outspoken critic of America's military practices and imperialism, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is a "true" history in every sense: accurate with respect to the facts and faithful to the principles of intellectual honesty and humanism. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A TRUE HISTORY will forever change how you view America's past, and present. With Chapter titles such as "Original Sin" and "Just How Good Was 'The Good War'?", Sjursen challenges readers to think deeply, critically and apply common sense to their understanding of the history of our republic. Along the way he entertains and enlightens with a vivid storytelling.
Daniel A. Sjursen recently retired from the US Army where he had reached the rank of major and served as a history instructor at West Point, his alma mater. He served tours with reconnaissance units in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the author of Ghost Riders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge and Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War. Follow him on Twitter at @SkepticalVet and listen to his podcast "Fortress on a Hill," co-hosted with fellow vet Chris "Henri" Henrikson.
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Preface 1. Original Sin — American Slavery, American Freedom 2. Roots in Religious Zealotry 3. Whose Empire? 4. Patriots or Insurgents? 5. Independence and Civil War (Part One) 6. Whose Revolution? (Part Two) 7. Flowering or Excess of Democracy 8. Counter-Revolution of 1787? — New Constitution, New Nation 9. George Washington’s Turbulent Administration 10. Liberty Versus Order 11. The Jeffersonian Enigma 12. The Forgotten and Peculiar War of 1812 13. Birth of an Era of Revolutions 14. Andrew Jackson’s White Male World and the Start of Modern Politics 15. The Fraudulent Mexican-American War 16. A Broken Union 17. The Second American Civil War — The Slow, Perilous Shift to Emancipation 18. Reconstruction, a Failed Experiment? 19. Lies We Tell Ourselves About the Old West 20. Wealth and Squalor in the Progressive Era 21. The Tragic Dawn of Overseas Imperialism 22. A Savage War to End All Wars, and a Failed Peace 23. The Decade That Roared and Wept 24. FDR and His Deal for a Desperate Time 25. From Isolationism to a Second World Conflagration 26. Just How Good Was the “Good War”? 27. A Cruel, Costly, and Anxious Cold War 28. JFK’s Cold War Chains 29. Vietnam, an American Tragedy 30. Civil Rights, a Dream Deferred 31. Nixon’s Dark Legacy 32. Carter’s Cage of Crisis 33. The Reagan Revolution 34. Bush the Elder — Struggling in Reagan’s Shadow 35. Bill Clinton, the New Democrat 36. Bush II and the Birth of Forever War 37. The Obama Disappointment Epilogue: A Once, Always, and Future Empire
Preface 1. Original Sin — American Slavery, American Freedom 2. Roots in Religious Zealotry 3. Whose Empire? 4. Patriots or Insurgents? 5. Independence and Civil War (Part One) 6. Whose Revolution? (Part Two) 7. Flowering or Excess of Democracy 8. Counter-Revolution of 1787? — New Constitution, New Nation 9. George Washington’s Turbulent Administration 10. Liberty Versus Order 11. The Jeffersonian Enigma 12. The Forgotten and Peculiar War of 1812 13. Birth of an Era of Revolutions 14. Andrew Jackson’s White Male World and the Start of Modern Politics 15. The Fraudulent Mexican-American War 16. A Broken Union 17. The Second American Civil War — The Slow, Perilous Shift to Emancipation 18. Reconstruction, a Failed Experiment? 19. Lies We Tell Ourselves About the Old West 20. Wealth and Squalor in the Progressive Era 21. The Tragic Dawn of Overseas Imperialism 22. A Savage War to End All Wars, and a Failed Peace 23. The Decade That Roared and Wept 24. FDR and His Deal for a Desperate Time 25. From Isolationism to a Second World Conflagration 26. Just How Good Was the “Good War”? 27. A Cruel, Costly, and Anxious Cold War 28. JFK’s Cold War Chains 29. Vietnam, an American Tragedy 30. Civil Rights, a Dream Deferred 31. Nixon’s Dark Legacy 32. Carter’s Cage of Crisis 33. The Reagan Revolution 34. Bush the Elder — Struggling in Reagan’s Shadow 35. Bill Clinton, the New Democrat 36. Bush II and the Birth of Forever War 37. The Obama Disappointment Epilogue: A Once, Always, and Future Empire
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