The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History

By: Thomas E. Woods Jr.

Narrated by: Barrett Whitener

Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Everything, well, almost everything, you know about American history is wrong because most textbooks and popular history books are written by left-wing academic historians who treat their biases as fact. But fear not; Professor Thomas Woods refutes the popular myths in The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History.

Professor Woods's audiobook reveals facts that you won't be, or never were, taught in school. It tells you about the "Books You're Not Supposed to Read" and takes you on a fast paced, politically incorrect tour of American history that will give you all the information you need to battle and confound left-wing professors, neighbors, and friends.

©2004 Thomas E. Woods, Jr. (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks

Quotes Over Conjecture

What did you love best about The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History?

Woods' use of quotes to show the real meanings and reasons behind some of the big moments of American history.

What other book might you compare The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History to and why?

Meltdown by Woods

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What does Barrett Whitener bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

His accents are a little distracting. Not really needed for a non-fiction, history book.

If you could give The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History a new subtitle, what would it be?

What you SHOULD have learned in school.

Any additional comments?

Another enjoyable book by Tom Woods. This really is the "history you SHOULD have learned in school" book. He starts from the beginning of the first European settlers and goes right into the Reagan/Clinton era. Probably the most that I learned was the section on World War I. It is very interesting how war hungry some of the Presidents were and how vocal they were about it. The fact that Woods uses a lot of quotes shows that these aren't just conclusions drawn from connecting dots but letting the actors of history speak for themselves. That's probably the biggest strength of the book throughout. Although there are, at times, conclusions and some assumptions it is balanced with clear moments of history that are there in the open. It's just not clear why you didn't learn about this in school. I also enjoyed the reading suggestions at the end of each chapter. Final Grade - A

Great book, poor narration

I really enjoyed the premise of the book, and the facts that Mr. Woods provided, along with quotes. However, the narration left so much to be desired that I had to fast forward through many quotes. This is intended to be a narration of a book not a one-man play. Listening to fake French and German accents completely distracted me from the actual words. I’m planning to go buy a hard copy of this book now so that I can pick up all the parts I missed. Maybe that was their plan all along.

Great Book

This book tells it like it is when decisions were made and why. Who knew the rest of the story and what did they have to say about it when it happened. It will open you eyes to the rest of the story.

Excellent

Must read for all students of history. Unbiased in its presentation and very honest, update needed!

Great Tom Woods material

Tom Woods is one of my favorite guides to history and thinking like a libertarian. I highly recommend this book.

Interesting Perspective

Definitely worth a listen regardless of political inclinations. Certainly paints a very different narrative of US history and political motives. While the content is interesting, I do find the narration a bit dull...

could have been better

the book had a lot of good content but fell short of a really good book. for starters the style of the narration was somewhat annoying because they kept asking questions like "Guess what?" The other problem with the book is that it ONLY attacked the Left Wing. I guess the title had already suggested that but almost every point made was very true to Libertarian principles not necessarily Republican ones. If the author had taken the time to point out the problems by both parties the book would have been easier to digest and had more credibility with me.

Goo Information

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. I think that it has some relevant data concerning what was supposed to be in place versus what is in place.

What did you like best about this story?

I can't say as all the information was useful. The only problem is that it is presented so fast that one needs to listen to the book again to get the full information.

Which character – as performed by Barrett Whitener – was your favorite?

No Character was performed.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

U S History as it was.

LOVED IT

Where does The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

facts you cannot afford to not know.

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

if more people knew the real things, america would be so much different

Any additional comments?

AWESOME BOOK

The truth hurts

Learning you have been indoctrinated and lied to your whole life is a tough pill to swallow, but it is a necessary one.