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{{quote|Anything that has to do with patriotism has long been controversial in academic circles. The idea that the teaching of American history might actually foster patriotism is to some deeply problematic. The rejected assumption, which is the foundation of ''A Patriot’s History'', is that there are principles and purposes reflected in American history that make this imperfect country worthy of our affection, and that honest history should explain those principles and illustrate those purposes as the centerpiece of our nation’s story.<ref>Spalding, Matthew, Review of 'A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror' by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen, ''[[National Review]]'', March 28, 2005, pp. 48-49.</ref>}} |
{{quote|Anything that has to do with patriotism has long been controversial in academic circles. The idea that the teaching of American history might actually foster patriotism is to some deeply problematic. The rejected assumption, which is the foundation of ''A Patriot’s History'', is that there are principles and purposes reflected in American history that make this imperfect country worthy of our affection, and that honest history should explain those principles and illustrate those purposes as the centerpiece of our nation’s story.<ref>Spalding, Matthew, Review of 'A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror' by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen, ''[[National Review]]'', March 28, 2005, pp. 48-49.</ref>}} |
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Reviewing the book in the journal ''[[The History Teacher]]'', [[David Hoogland Noon]] was strongly critical of it. |
Reviewing the book in the journal ''[[The History Teacher]]'', [[David Hoogland Noon]] was strongly critical of it. <ref name="Noon">{{cite journal|last=Noon|first=David Hoogland|title=Review: A Patriot's History of the United States|journal=[[The History Teacher]]|year=2007|month=May|volume=40|issue=3|url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/40.3/br_6.html|accessdate=29 June 2010}}</ref> |
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Criticizing the book from a conservative perspective, [[Paul Gottfried]] in the ''[[The American Conservative]]'' characterized ''A Patriot's History'' as an example of [[neoconservative]] [[historiography]] |
Criticizing the book from a conservative perspective, [[Paul Gottfried]] in the ''[[The American Conservative]]'' characterized ''A Patriot's History'' as an example of [[neoconservative]] [[historiography]]. |
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<ref>Gottfried, Paul, "Victor's History," ''[[The American Conservative]]'', March 23, 2009, pp. 25-26.</ref>}} |
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{{quote|Schweikart, a regular on [[Fox News]], takes to task '[[leftist]]' historians who disparage America’s past or glorify the expansion of public administration... Yet many of the views that this patriotic historian considers far leftist are actually those of the [[Old Right (United States)|Old Right]]... [The] broad area of agreement about heroes and villains — and about how we reached the glorious present by overcoming the prejudices of the past — unites the liberal and patriotic versions of American history. This is the new [[consensus history]], and it leaves little room for the Old Right’s take on the past to get a fair hearing.<ref>Gottfried, Paul, "Victor's History," ''[[The American Conservative]]'', March 23, 2009, pp. 25-26.</ref>}} |
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David Dougherty, a top Amazon reviewer, wrote "This is an important work that rights the wrongs done to our school children by Marxist textbooks, and should be present in every household. Absolutely recommended most highly." |
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In his review of the book in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', [[Brendan Miniter]] called a ''Patriot's History'' a "fluent account of America from the discovery of the Continent up to the present day." <ref>Miniter, Brendan, Review of ''A Patriot's History of the United States'' by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen and ''The American Revelation'' by Niel Baldwin, May 19, 2005, page D8.</ref> |
In his review of the book in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', [[Brendan Miniter]] called a ''Patriot's History'' a "fluent account of America from the discovery of the Continent up to the present day." <ref>Miniter, Brendan, Review of ''A Patriot's History of the United States'' by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen and ''The American Revelation'' by Niel Baldwin, May 19, 2005, page D8.</ref> |
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Since the appearance of "Patriot's History of the United States," Schweikart has trademarked the term "Patriot's History" and produced other books in the series, including "The Patriot's History Reader" and "A Patriot's History of the Modern World, volume 1," with David Dougherty, whom he communicated with after the Amazon review. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 17:56, 4 March 2013
| Author | Michael Allen, Larry Schweikart |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Politics |
| Publisher | Sentinel HC |
Publication date | December 29, 2004 (Hardcover), February 27, 2007 (Paperback) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 944 |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-59523-001-7 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 55105371 |
| 973 22 | |
| LC Class | E178.1 .S3795 2004 |
A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror is a 2004 book on American history by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen. Written from a conservative standpoint, it is a counterpoint to Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States and asserts that the United States is an "overwhelmingly positive" force for good in the world.
Reception
After being recommended by talk-show host Glenn Beck, the book quickly rose to the top of the New York Times and Amazon.com bestseller lists.[1]
In a review of the Schweikart/Allen book in the conservative magazine National Review, Matthew Spalding of the Heritage Foundation wrote that "A Patriot's History rejects the economic determinism of Beard and Zinn, and others who 'wrongly assume that people were (and are) incapable of acting outside of self-interest.'" Spalding continued:
Anything that has to do with patriotism has long been controversial in academic circles. The idea that the teaching of American history might actually foster patriotism is to some deeply problematic. The rejected assumption, which is the foundation of A Patriot’s History, is that there are principles and purposes reflected in American history that make this imperfect country worthy of our affection, and that honest history should explain those principles and illustrate those purposes as the centerpiece of our nation’s story.[2]
Reviewing the book in the journal The History Teacher, David Hoogland Noon was strongly critical of it. [3]
Criticizing the book from a conservative perspective, Paul Gottfried in the The American Conservative characterized A Patriot's History as an example of neoconservative historiography.
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David Dougherty, a top Amazon reviewer, wrote "This is an important work that rights the wrongs done to our school children by Marxist textbooks, and should be present in every household. Absolutely recommended most highly."
In his review of the book in the Wall Street Journal, Brendan Miniter called a Patriot's History a "fluent account of America from the discovery of the Continent up to the present day." [5]
Since the appearance of "Patriot's History of the United States," Schweikart has trademarked the term "Patriot's History" and produced other books in the series, including "The Patriot's History Reader" and "A Patriot's History of the Modern World, volume 1," with David Dougherty, whom he communicated with after the Amazon review.
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Spalding, Matthew, Review of 'A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror' by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen, National Review, March 28, 2005, pp. 48-49.
- ^ Noon, David Hoogland (2007). "Review: A Patriot's History of the United States". The History Teacher. 40 (3). Retrieved 29 June 2010.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Gottfried, Paul, "Victor's History," The American Conservative, March 23, 2009, pp. 25-26.
- ^ Miniter, Brendan, Review of A Patriot's History of the United States by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen and The American Revelation by Niel Baldwin, May 19, 2005, page D8.
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