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Title: History for dummies
Review: I bought and read this book based on the rave reviews given to it on the Don Imus radio show. What a HUGE mistake!The book is, quite simply, "history for dummies". If you know absolutely NOTHING about American history, then you might enjoy this book. Matthews simplifies everything and accepts at face value the myths and inaccuracies of American history usually taught to grammar school students. Quite simply, the book has no depth. (And I suspect that Matthews' knowledge of American history has no depth either!)As a Civil War "buff" of some 40 years (with a keen interest in America going back to colonial times), perhaps I was expecting too much from Matthews. I did not expect a comprehensive history in so short a book, but I expected some substance -- but there was none. If I were Matthews, I would be ashamed to have my name associated with it.Save your money!! This book is garbage.
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