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For the past three decades, many history professors have allowed their biases to distort the way America?s past is taught. These intellectuals have searched for instances of racism, sexism, and bigotry in our history while downplaying the greatness of America?s patriots and the achievements of "dead white men."

As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington; more about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II than about D-Day or Iwo Jima; more on the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin.

A Patriot?s History of the United States corrects those doctrinaire biases. In this groundbreaking book, America?s discovery, founding, and development are reexamined with an appreciation for the elements of public virtue, personal liberty, and private property that make this nation uniquely successful. This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of America?s true and proud history.

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction	xi
Chapter 1	The City on the Hill, 1492-1707	1
Chapter 2	Colonial Adolescence, 1707-63	38
Chapter 3	Colonies No More, 1763-83	58
Chapter 4	A Nation of Law, 1776-89	88
Chapter 5	Small Republic, Big Shoulders, 1789-1815	127
Chapter 6	The First Era of Big Central Government, 1815-36	179
Chapter 7	Red Foxes and Bear Flags, 1836-48	219
Chapter 8	The House Dividing, 1848-60	249
Chapter 9	The Crisis of the Union, 1860-65	294
Chapter 10	Ideals and Realities of Reconstruction, 1865-76	353
Chapter 11	Lighting Out for the Territories, 1861-90	392
Chapter 12	Sinews of Democracy, 1876-96	422
Chapter 13	"Building Best, Building Greatly," 1896-1912	457
Chapter 14	War, Wilson, and Internationalism, 1912-20	492
Chapter 15	The Roaring Twenties and the Great Crash, 1920-32	533
Chapter 16	Enlarging the Public Sector, 1932-40	558
	The New Deal: Immediate Goals, Unintended Results	568
Chapter 17	Democracy's Finest Hour, 1941-45	589
Chapter 18	America's "Happy Days," 1946-59	631
Chapter 19	The Age of Upheaval, 1960-74	667
Chapter 20	Retreat and Resurrection, 1974-88	720
Chapter 21	The Moral Crossroads, 1989-2000	763
Chapter 22	America, World Leader, 2000 and Beyond	803
	Conclusion	824
	Notes	827
	Selected Reading	897
	Index	899