The Educated Citizen's Guide to Essential American History

Nothing was foreordained in the development of the United States; it was the actions of many thousands of individuals that drove the formation of a country based on a series of founding ideals. Fulfilling the promise of these ideals is the work of generations and understanding how those ideas have been shaped and tested is critical to understanding the world as it is today. Sadly, so much historical education is a boring compendium of dates and places, a political agenda wrapped in historical pr