1st Edition

The Distortion of America

By Oscar Handlin Copyright 1996
248 Pages
by Routledge

251 Pages
by Routledge

251 Pages
by Routledge

This book is a methodological primer on how historians gather evidence, presume reliability of witnesses, and develop forms of verification in the conduct of analysis and research. It is an introduction to the study of history and an examination of specific instances in which ideology has distorted the study of American history. Oscar Handlin is best known as America's leading historian of... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition Preface1. From Dream to Nightmare 2. One World 3. The Failure of Communism and What It Meant 4. The Gullibility of the Neutrals 5. A Note on Legality 6. Vietnam 7. Loss of Will 8. Democracy and the Intellectuals 9. Payroll Prosperity 10. Second Chance for the South 11. The Goals of Integratio 12. Worlds Apart 13. The Worlds of Arthur Koestler 14. Reflections on TiananmenAcknowledgments

Biography

Oscar Handlin