The 10 big lies about America
Subtitle: combating destructive distortions about our nation
By: Michael Medved.
Edition: 1st pbk.ed.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780307394071
Subjects: National characteristics, American; Culture conflict -- United States; Values -- United States; Anti-Americanism; United States -- Civilization -- Historiography
Other titles: Ten big lies about America
Description: Zeroes in on ten of the biggest fallacies that millions of Americans believe about our country-- in spite of incontrovertible facts to the contrary.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: "America was founded on genocide against Native Americans"; title: "The United States is uniquely guilty for the crime of slavery, and based its wealth on stolen African labor"; title: "The founders intended a secular, not Christian, nation"; title: "Ameirca has always been a multicultural society, strengthened by diversity"; title: "The power of big business hurts the country and oppresses the people"; title: "Government programs offer the only remedy for economic downturns and poverty"; title: "America is an imperialist nation and a constant threat to world peace"; title: "The two-party system is broken, and we urgently need a viable third party"; title: "A war on the middle class means less comfort and opportunity for the average American"; title: "America is in the midst of an irreversible moral decline".