There's no excuse therefore, for a 1,152 page book. I think we should all be using 300-page paperbacks. These exist.

In sum, U.S. history is no more violent and oppressive than the history of England, Russia, Indonesia, or Burundi - but neither is it exceptionally less violent.

History can be a weapon, and it can be used against you.

Columbus not only sent the first slaves acroiss the Atlantic, he sent more slaves than any other individual

Textbooks are written in an oracular monotone, so that they claim to be true and important.

Textbooks pretty much have no real drama. They have no real storyline. To the extent they have a storyline.

Many Americans have never owned a book, and I'm not talking about because of the recent digital revolution. I'm talking about before there even was a digital revolution.