The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents: From Wilson to Obama (The Politically Incorrect Guides)

Book overview Description Editorial Reviews Larry Schweikart, a retired history professor, is ready to set the record straight on the American presidents.

He goes through each of the first 26 presidents from Washington to Taft and debunks myths, lies, and fake news made fact by the uninformed.

Discover why George Washington favored American isolationism; James Madison supported states' rights; what Lincoln promised to Southerners about fugitive slaves; and why nineteenth-century presidents were the last to understand the true role of government.