Why American history is not what they say : an introduction to revisionism

Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 7 Objectivity in History......Page 11 The Historical Fiction of John Dos Passos......Page 33 The Historical Fiction of Kenneth Roberts......Page 28 History and Fiction......Page 17 Burr and Lincoln......Page 41 Hollywood and The Golden Age......Page 57 1876, Empire, and Hollywood......Page 51 The Birth of American Revisionism and the Rise of Harry Elmer Barnes......Page 63 The Libertarian Historians and Their Colleagues on the New Left......Page 88 James J. Martin: Historian and Pampheteer......Page 85 Harry Elmer Barnes and James J. Martin......Page 77 Charles A. Beard and Wiliam Appleman Williams......Page 70 The U.S. Civil War - The Revisionist View......Page 92 A Revisionist Look at America in the Cold War......Page 102 America in the World Wars......Page 96 Left and Right, Conservative and Liberal......Page 106 The Reagan Fraud, and After......Page 157 The Goldwater Anomaly......Page 151 The Myth of the Old Right......Page 143 Herbert Hoover's New Deal......Page 137 Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and the Triumph of Conservatism......Page 130 Conservative Republicans and Liberal Democrats......Page 121 The Decline of American Liberalism......Page 115 VI The New American History Wars......Page 166 The Breakdown of the Consensus: The Case of Howard Zinn......Page 176 History, Fiction, and Objectivity......Page 195 Thomas E. Woods, Jr. vs. Larry Schweikeart and Michael Allen......Page 188 American History According to Eric Foner......Page 184 Index......Page 199 Contents 5 Preface 7 I The Art of History 11 Objectivity in History 11 The Historical Fiction of John Dos Passos 33 The Historical Fiction of Kenneth Roberts 28 History and Fiction 17 II The Historical Fiction of Gore Vidal 41 Burr and Lincoln 41 Hollywood and The Golden Age 57 1876, Empire, and Hollywood 51 III The Story of American Revisionism 63 The Birth of American Revisionism and the Rise of Harry Elmer Barnes 63 The Libertarian Historians and Their Colleagues on the New Left 88 James J. Martin: Historian and Pampheteer 85 Harry Elmer Barnes and James J. Martin 77 Charles A. Beard and Wiliam Appleman Williams 70 IV Some American Wars Through Revisionist Eyes 92 The U.S. Civil War - The Revisionist View 92 A Revisionist Look at America in the Cold War 102 America in the World Wars 96 V The Politics of American Revisionists 106 Left and Right, Conservative and Liberal 106 The Reagan Fraud, and After 157 The Goldwater Anomaly 151 The Myth of the Old Right 143 Herbert Hoover's New Deal 137 Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and the Triumph of Conservatism 130 Conservative Republicans and Liberal Democrats 121 The Decline of American Liberalism 115 VI The New American History Wars 166 The Breakdown of the Consensus: The Case of Howard Zinn 176 History, Fiction, and Objectivity 195 Thomas E. Woods, Jr. vs. Larry Schweikeart and Michael Allen 188 American History According to Eric Foner 184 Index 199 "Americans have been warring with each other for more than a century over the contents of the American history textbooks used in the nation's high schools and colleges"--Page 4 of cover