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<p><P>From the &#8220;taming of the West&#8221; to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the portrayal of the past has become a battleground at the heart of American politics. What kind of history Americans should read, see, or fund is no longer merely a matter of professional interest to teachers, historians, and museum curators. Everywhere now, history is increasingly being held hostage, but to what end and why? In <i>History Wars</i>, eight prominent historians consider the angry swirl of emotions that now surrounds public memory. Included are trenchant essays by Paul Boyer, John W. Dower, Tom Engelhardt, Richard H. Kohn, Edward Linenthal, Micahel S. Sherry, Marilyn B. Young, and Mike Wallace.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>The gutting in 1995, because of political protest, of a planned Smithsonian exhibit about the atomic bombing of Japan serves as the launchpad for this intemperate polemic. In eight essays, historians including John W. Dower, Michael Sherry, Marilyn Young and the editors comment upon and often exacerbate the current struggle over how public history depicts the American past. According to the authors, on one side are scholars and intellectuals courag

Author

Edward T. Linenthal and Tom Engelhardt

Publisher

New York: Metropolitan Books

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9781429936774

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities

Rating

3.75 / 5 (210 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14