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Seven Events That Made America America: And Proved That The Founding Fathers Were Right All Along (2010)

by Larry Schweikart(Favorite Author)

3.27 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1595230645 (ISBN13: 9781595230645)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Sentinel HC

review 1: VanBuren, Dred Scott,natural disasters, diets, rockstars, Reagan, propaganda press. Boss Tweed buy elections, unintended consequences, panics via legislation that upsets normal economics, individual charity vs fed programs, 1913 Dayton flood via Conservancy Dist, 1900 Galveston 6K, army camps, people support govt not govt support people, private charity with fed’s keeping order, observations with preconceived notions on food and climate, Jefferson-he who knows best knows how little he knows, manipulation of data, myth of over-pop, give up freedoms based on delusion, Beatles Apple Records to avoid taxes and British bands, give RR back to Americans, liberals expand govt vs liberty of rock, 65-74 anti-war songs less than 2%, Hendrix woodstock Star Spangled Banner Airborne, ... moreliberty of less govt, anti-communism, study politics/war to philosophy/math to art/science per Adams, human soul yearns for freedom, 1 rev of France Russia Romania vs 10 Iran, strength to tyrants, media nonewsObama and specPalin, crime news rest is opinions, truth and facts, no diversity in media owners mgmt too homogenous, gotcha journalism, McGovern 30% vote DC MD only vs rr Nixon, media objectivity like fish observing water, hold power accountable, bullyObama, media feels better about themselves, audience is self, a press w/o govt vs govt w/o press, 3 stretches promote welfare necessary/proper activist judges, losing liberty like swallowing poison, Lincoln reverence for law and restrict govt.
review 2: Opinionated. Topics were selected to make his cases. One could imagine that the conclusion was written first, with the author's political bent, then the historical events selected to justify his conclusion. Law of untended consequences is the theme of most incidents. A bit cumbersome to read, I sped read and skipped quite a lot, which I rarely do. In my opinion there are many more important America-changing events than those selected by the author' but I'm not going to research them today. Time is better spent reading the other books on my list less

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