Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past | 
pickIn this hefty tome, 21 respected historians provide heavily-researched, evidence-based, fully-cited chapters debunking commonly-held misconceptions about the United States. One must wonder how much it matters. The people who need to read this book will not read it, and even if they did they would ignore the historical record and choose to believe the narrative that makes them feel comforted and victimized and justifies their continual rancor.
so-soWritten intent is to combat recent “campaign of disinformation” in US public discourse but short essays are maybe not the form? Feels superficial to tackle big American stories & distortions in 10 pgs or fewer. Topics include American exceptionalism (term coined by Stalin), the “vanishing Indian,” immigration & US role in human displacement, settler colonialism, market fetishism, Lost Cause & confederate monuments, state-sanctioned violence. 2022
