For example, we (as Americans) are likely not as exceptional as we’d like to believe we are, we do have more imperial characteristics than we think, and our tendency to place anything related to Native Americans in the past ignores the fact that there are millions of Native people still here and they have concerns that are unaddressed. The best ones are - American Exceptionalism, American Empire, The Vanishing Indian, The Classical Civil Rights Era, and The Inevitable Backlash. These are the essays where the book is at its best - when it challenges assumptions that almost all Americans have, regardless of political affiliation. Of the 20 essays, there are 5 that I would give a 5 star rating to. Overall, it’s worth reading, but the content is very uneven. This book is a collection of 20 essays that try to challenge some of the myths and implicit assumptions about American history. Some thought provoking essays but the content is uneven
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