285: A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror by Larry Schweikart & Michael Allen

(During the month of September I'm recommending conservative titles with which every well-read progressive should be familiar.)

A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror

This rah-rah history of the United States (and the pre-history of the US starting with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the western hemisphere) is filled with editorial commentary by the authors explaining why the liberal interpretation in wrong. For anyone familiar with US history this story is familiar, but the gleeful liberal-bashing makes this history what it is. That being said, the authors are not completely predictable, finding positive things to say about FDR and Kennedy (for example) and critiques of Eisenhower and Nixon.

Why this is libertarian/conservative: Larry Schweikart has made a career from tweaking liberals. In addition to A Patriot's History he's authored 48 Liberal Lies About American History: (That You Probably Learned in School), Seven Events That Made America America: And Proved That the Founding Fathers Were Right All Along, and What Would the Founders Say?: A Patriot's Answers to America's Most Pressing Problems. He's also a regular on Fox's "Fox and Friends."

Buy the Kindle version: A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror