Challenging the Myths of US HistoryA provocative, critical take on the traditional narrative of US historyand a call to reimagine America's past According to textbooks, the media, and politicians of all stripes, the story of the United States is one of steady progress toward a "more perfect union." In this narrative, ideals of liberty and freedom explain the Revolution and the Civil War and drove racial progress. Similarly, foreign policy, if marked by stumbles, has been largely well