A True History of the United States

This book has been on my radar for a while.

As a retired Major, I was curious about what Danny A. Sjursen's perspective on military issues would be. Needless to say, I was surprised by how highly critical--and right--he turned out to be regarding most military conflicts the USA were part of over the years.

In a nutshell, Sjursen's well researched work focuses on the dirt under each president and his administration. It's evident from the get-go that the author is a liberal, so I was expecting him to be scathing when he elaborated on the presidential terms of the usual suspects such as Nixon, Reagan, etc. And yet, it turns out that he's even more condemning when it comes to Democrat darlings like JFK and Obama.

Sjursen says that A True History of the United States is an attempt to bridge what is perhaps unbridgeable; academic and public history. It's a thought-provoking work that turns American exceptionalism on its head. A must read for all Americans and anyone interested in American history.

Here's the blurb:

Brilliant, readable, and raw. Maj. (ret.) Danny Sjursen, who served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and later taught history at West Point, delivers a true epic and the perfect companion to Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States.

Sjursen shifts the lens and challenges readers to think critically and to apply common sense to their understanding of our nation's past—and present—so we can view history as never before.

A True History of the United States was inspired by a course that Sjursen taught to cadets at West Point, his alma mater. With chapter titles such as "Patriots or Insurgents?" and "The Decade That Roared and Wept", A True History is accurate with respect to the facts and intellectually honest in its presentation and analysis.

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