33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed ... (ISBN 0307346684)

No big deal:
FLas gringas tambien lloran (Ficcionario) (Spanish Edition) If you know your American history (know, not just what the high school social studies books say), there is no real news in this book.

The Skeletons in the American closet:
"While the title may suggest a random theme, Woods notes that most of what you have learned in history (or in the media) is toilet paper. Woods ask 33 questions that when answered give the lie to American history and American foreign policy. The questions range from states rights to busing to America's bombing Christian churches on behalf of Muslim sex slavers. The very answering of Woods questions destroys the State's *mythos,* its story of salvation. Two chapters that stuck out for me: the stuff on Monica's dress is not the biggest scandal of Clinton's presidency. The biggest scandal was Clinton importing thousands of Muslim terrorists from Central Asia, including Osama bin Laden, funding them, and then giving them free ride to kill Christians in Bosnia and Serbia. At your tax dollar expense. The other issue is that Clinton did not stop a genocide in Bosnia. The victims at Srebenica were not innocent women and children for the most part, but rather members of the 28th Bosnian Muslim Army. And while the current official figure is 8,000 deaths, keep in mind the original numbers were well over 500,000. At this point, I wouldn't believe anything the state told me. all in all a good book. Other Notae Benes: 1) Woods does a good job with the Great Depression, pointing out how FDR made it worse. 2) He does a good job in defining wealth and on how labor unions destroy it.

Get Unindoctrinated. Get the Facts.:
Way to go, Mr. Woods! Thanks for a fresh collection and review of forgotten facts. Here's a balanced meal and freedom from the forced feeding of politically correct curriculum.

Essential Reading for Understanding American History:
Thomas Woods has written this wonderful book to counter the popular misconceptions and myths that surround events in American History. These myths are so pervasive that they obscure any honest look into the past. And by coincidence I'm sure, these are taught to schoolchildren in government-run schools. Don't think that the government schools propagandize history? Don't think someone is holding out on the full story from you? Well, all I can say is that this book is for you! As Woods himself humorously put it when discussing this book: "even if we assume that there actually was a major conspiracy of evil power elites on how to get the kiddies to enslave themselves to the government, how would the textbooks be any different?" This book is the antidote. This is another amazing book by the wonderful Thomas Woods. I had previously read Woods' Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, and was hesitant to purchase 33 Questions, unsure if it would just cover the same ground all over again. This book really surprised me. It allowed Woods to go much deeper into subjects that his PIG book only briefly touched. If the Politically Incorrect Guide was a general guide to the entire course of American History this book came to hammer out the essential details. The chapters that Woods picked to write here really get to the essentials. The questions presented here are essential to a proper understanding of the history of America. Did capitalism cause the Great Depression? Did Hoover and FDR's New Deal get us out of the depression? Was the Constitution supposed to be a living and breathing document? Did World War II make the economy go again? Were States' Rights just about slavery or were they actually about freedom? How truly antiwar have liberals been? Did labor unions make workers more or less free? Was the civil war really just about slavery? Did school desegregation and affirmative action help or hurt black communities? Did Clinton really stop a genocide in Kosovo? How does Social Security really work? These and other important questions are asked and answered in 33 Questions You're Not Supposed to Ask. The popular mainstream version of events, that is propagated by government-run schools and government-chosen textbooks, is once and for all proven wrong here with Woods' stellar and enjoyable work. The record is set straight and the lies that both "conservatives" and "liberals" (if those terms really mean anything) throw around are smashed in this delightful book. The popular myths and misconceptions are shattered by Woods' appeal to logic and true documented history. The copious references and sources are all found in the back of the book for further study. Thomas Woods' 33 Questions You Are Not Supposed to Ask About American History is well-written, entertaining, stimulating, and essential.

Enlightening:
From this book I learned that the Native Americans were in no way systematically exterminated--or that, if they were, it proved to be a net plus for the environment. I also now know that the notion of racial discrimination is a myth, or at least, that if it did exist, that it in no way manifested itself in the economic or social sphere--either in individual instances or in a more systematic sense. Many blacks simply chose to take on the most menial jobs (or bar themselves from employment), migrate into the worst of urban slums, and ride at the back of bus. Consequently, whatever sense of guilt I had as a member of the white, privileged class, living on stolen land, is now alleviated. Also it is now clear to me that advances in worker security and standard of living were gifts freely given by management. My opposition to Card Check is now stronger than ever.