Don't Know Much About History [30th Anniversary Edition]: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never LearnedHarperCollins, 2020 M11 3 - 752 pages A New York Times bestseller · More than 1.7 Million Copies Sold! “Reading Davis is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had!” —People magazine From the arrival of Columbus through the historic election of Barack Obama and beyond, Kenneth C. Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than five hundred years of American history. In this 30th anniversary edition of the classic anti-textbook—which includes a new preface by Davis—he debunks, recounts, and serves up the real story behind the myths and fallacies of American history. |
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... Party School? A Presidential Election Primer Appendix 3: U.S. Presidents and Their Administrations Index About the Author Also by Kenneth C. Davis Copyright About the Publisher Preface to the 30th Anniversary Edition From.
... Party School? A Presidential Election Primer Appendix 3: U.S. Presidents and Their Administrations Index About the Author Also by Kenneth C. Davis Copyright About the Publisher Preface to the 30th Anniversary Edition From.
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... election of Barack Obama, the nation's first African American president the killing of mastermind of the 9/11 Al Qaeda attacks, Osama bin Laden, by a team of U.S. Navy SEALs Like President Obama's announcement of bin Laden's death in ...
... election of Barack Obama, the nation's first African American president the killing of mastermind of the 9/11 Al Qaeda attacks, Osama bin Laden, by a team of U.S. Navy SEALs Like President Obama's announcement of bin Laden's death in ...
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... election of Barack Obama also signaled a new “post-racial” politics in a sharp break with the country's bitter legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. My sunny optimism, shared by many at the time, was born of a belief that the United States ...
... election of Barack Obama also signaled a new “post-racial” politics in a sharp break with the country's bitter legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. My sunny optimism, shared by many at the time, was born of a belief that the United States ...
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... elections by Russia, clearly a factor in the 2016 election, was another game-changer. But this worrisome trend, in part, has grown out of the fact that the two-party system has become increasingly dysfunctional. Under America's ...
... elections by Russia, clearly a factor in the 2016 election, was another game-changer. But this worrisome trend, in part, has grown out of the fact that the two-party system has become increasingly dysfunctional. Under America's ...
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... elections and the chaotic events following Election Day 2000, it also seemed appropriate to include an election primer that explains some of the more mysterious elements of the process, from caucuses and delegate counts to the nearly ...
... elections and the chaotic events following Election Day 2000, it also seemed appropriate to include an election primer that explains some of the more mysterious elements of the process, from caucuses and delegate counts to the nearly ...
Contents
Jane Roe sue Wade? | |
From the Evil Empire to the Axis of Evil | |
Authors Note | |
Acknowledgments | |
Is the Electoral College a Party School? A Presidential Election Primer | |
Index | |
About the Author | |
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