num_pages: 400
description: In this instant New York Times bestseller Americas top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nations past. The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts making constructive dialogue impossible and imperiling our democracy. In Myth America  Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of fellow historians to push back against this misinformation. The contributors debunk narratives that portray the New Deal and Great Society as failures immigrants as hostile invaders and feminists as anti-family warriorsamong numerous other partisan lies. Based on a firm foundation of historical scholarship their findings revitalize our understanding of American history. Replacing myths with research and reality Myth America is essential reading amid todays heated debates about our nations past. With Essays ByAkhil Reed Amar  Kathleen Belew  Carol Anderson  Kevin Kruse  Erika Lee  Daniel Immerwahr  Elizabeth Hinton  Naomi Oreskes  Erik M. Conway  Ari Kelman  Geraldo Cadava  David A. Bell  Joshua Zeitz  Sarah Churchwell  Michael Kazin  Karen L. Cox  Eric Rauchway  Glenda Gilmore  Natalia Mehlman Petrzela  Lawrence B. Glickman  Julian E. Zelizer
language: English
title: Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
publisher: Basic Books