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" History's greatest lies : "
William Weir.
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BL
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694962
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b517151
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| Main Entry
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Weir, William,1928-
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History's greatest lies : : the startling truths behind world events our history books got wrong /\ William Weir.
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Beverly, Mass. :: Fair Winds Press,, 2009.
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288 pages :: illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;; 25 cm
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1592333362
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: 9781592333363
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-273) and index.
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| Contents
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The first lie we learned in school. Did Emperor Nero fiddle as Rome burned? (64 A.D.) -- Lies from the ancients. Ramesses II: an original master of spin (1279-1213 B.C.) ; The Goths: barbarians in name only? (300-700 A.D.) -- Lies from the Renaissance. Robert the bruce: the arachnid and the monarch (1314) ; The bloody record of Hernán Cortés (1500s) ; The Galileo affair: a historic collision of science, religion, and ego (1633) -- Lies from the time of the revolutions. Paul Revere: the not-so-lone horseman (1775) ; The bastille: repressive prison or luxury hotel? (1789) -- Lies from the American wild west. Jesse James: American Robin Hood or serial murderer? (1860s-1880s) ; The Earp gang: lawmen or lawless? (1881) -- Lies from just yesterday. The Philippine insurrection: against what government? (1898-1902) ; The protocols of the elders of Zion: a deadly kind of lie (1800s-1940s) ; Harold Lasseter: finding of a reef of gold? (1930) ; John Dillinger: dead or alive? (1934) ; The unconquerable Afghanistan?
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The true stories behind history commonly told give readers a fascinating new look at our past. The revelations shock and amaze by exposing veiled motivations and convenient inaccuracies in well-documented events by established leaders that often have a continuing affect on the world. Each of the 25-30 chapters points out a lie that is held as a common truth in history and summarizes what we think we know. Then the author shreds the lie to academic ribbons using the latest findings on each subject. Each true story sets the record straight, reveals timeless ulterior motives, introduces important personalities who successfully (and suspiciously) avoided responsibility in common history texts, and notes underlining issues that have continued relevance in the modern age. From the unvarnished story of the crusades and the damage it did to the Muslim and Christian relationship to the real reason behind the start of the Vietnam War.
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History-- Errors, inventions, etc.
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