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The Skeptic's Guide to American History

por Mark A. Stoler

Series: The Great Courses: History (8588), The Great Courses (8588)

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History. Nonfiction. HTML: To take a skeptical approach to American history is not to dabble in imaginative conspiracy theories; rather, it's to reframe your understanding of this great nation's past and actually strengthen your appreciation for what makes American history such a fascinating chapter in the larger story of Western civilization. And in this bold 24-lecture series, you can do just that. Travel back in time and examine many commonly held myths and half-truths about American history and prompt yourself to think about what really happened in the nation's past - as opposed to what many believe happened. These lectures demonstrate how reconsidering some of the most popular notions of U.S. history can yield new (and sometimes startlingly different) interpretations of political, social, economic, and military events. But more than just debunking commonly accepted accounts, you'll be able to replace these misconceptions with insightful truths. Exploring both America's history and the verdicts that have been rendered about some of its most enduring figures - including George Washington, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and many others - these lectures investigate a wide-ranging list of questions. What impact did other nations have on the American Revolution? Has George Washington always been revered as president? Do we now understand the true blunders in America's Vietnam policies and tactics? In exploring these and other questions, these lectures prove themselves to be a delightful intellectual experience that will allow you to rethink not just the facts of U.S. history, but also their meaning. .… (más)

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I definitely learned a few things from this, but it felt a little scattered and disjointed to me. (

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stardustwisdom | Dec 31, 2023 |

I'd would actually like to give this 3.5 stars, but after going back and forth, I rounded to 4. There isn't anything 'bad' about this set of lectures, but I feel like it could have benefited from a bit more depth. As it is, I am left with many tantalizing leads to follow up on.

Then again, maybe that makes this 4.5 stars :)

Dr. Stoler's overall comments on history, the practice of historical revisionism, the meaning of history, etc. are all very good too. So maybe 5 stars. (

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dcunning11235 | Aug 12, 2023 |

A great course indeed.

Professor Stoler dissects the many myths that continue to perpetuate in the US. From the Pilgrims to the Information Age and everything in between, he analyzes different events and the people involved and sheds light on the actual facts in a clear and concise manner.

I have to admit, a lot of what the Professor went over I did not know. I think its best to have at least a basic knowledge of US history to get the most out of this course. However, even if I wasn't too familiar with the Great Depression for example, I learned a good amount about it and have a foothold, albeit a slippery one, on the subject. Stoler does a good job at giving a basic overview on the events.

Overall, I enjoyed this course and I plan to further my reading about US history. Highly recommended! (

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ProfessorEX | Apr 15, 2021 |

This was a Great Courses series of lectures about American History. It was presented roughly chronologically, but didn't really try to provide a single cohesive stream of history, and only really covered a selection of events. I'm not really sure how it is considered other than mainstream history (maybe high school or college history classes were different in the 50s and 60s?) -- it was basically the same as I remember from 90s HS history classes, only with slightly more snark about "this is how it really was" vs. how "history is normally presented". There were a few parts which were well presented, especially how keeping Europe out of the Civil War (or bringing it in) was one of the major objectives early on, and how some specific aspects of other conflicts (especially Vietnam and how it was as much a de-colonial and nationalist thing vs. communist). But really, stuff like "Gulf of Tonkin was either a mistake or intentional escalation" is mainstream at this point, and how the US pushed its way into WW1 and WW2 rather than being innocently attacked is also pretty well understood. Yalta and how the end of WW2 worked with Stalin was well presented, and the section on "which people get remembered and why" was good, but the author was definitely on the leftist side in claiming enforcing rule of law meant the US didn't have a broadly laissez-faire economic policy in the late 1800s/early 1900s.

I'd probably pick a more structured presentation of history as a foundation, and then more insightful "non-standard" presentations of specific topics, rather than this which sort of does both and neither well. (

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octal | Jan 1, 2021 |

4 Stars - A very interesting listen. This audiobook consusts of 24 thirty minute lectures on different events throught all of American History. It greatly enlightens us about the nuance and background of many things we thought that we understood from the paragraph or two most of our high school text books took to tell us about these events. Your political leanings won't matter in the least with this. The lecturer fills in holes in the story from both the left and the right. I'm a pretty big fan of history and listen and read a good bit, but most of what is in this class/course was new to me. Also, the lecturer was interesting. He kept the story moving with enough details to quench your questions but not so much detail that you felt like you were reading a Ph.D disertation. (

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History. Nonfiction. HTML:

To take a skeptical approach to American history is not to dabble in imaginative conspiracy theories; rather, it's to reframe your understanding of this great nation's past and actually strengthen your appreciation for what makes American history such a fascinating chapter in the larger story of Western civilization. And in this bold 24-lecture series, you can do just that. Travel back in time and examine many commonly held myths and half-truths about American history and prompt yourself to think about what really happened in the nation's past - as opposed to what many believe happened. These lectures demonstrate how reconsidering some of the most popular notions of U.S. history can yield new (and sometimes startlingly different) interpretations of political, social, economic, and military events. But more than just debunking commonly accepted accounts, you'll be able to replace these misconceptions with insightful truths. Exploring both America's history and the verdicts that have been rendered about some of its most enduring figures - including George Washington, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and many others - these lectures investigate a wide-ranging list of questions. What impact did other nations have on the American Revolution? Has George Washington always been revered as president? Do we now understand the true blunders in America's Vietnam policies and tactics? In exploring these and other questions, these lectures prove themselves to be a delightful intellectual experience that will allow you to rethink not just the facts of U.S. history, but also their meaning.

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