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Title: Indian Apologetics
Review: I suppose Dee Brown is not to blame; after all, he subtitled this book "An Indian History of the American West". That pretty much says it all for this one-sided, biased, presentation of the clash of cultures which inevitably would result in the extermination of one or the other. If attaining victimhood and sympathy for Indians is the goal, this book succeeds; if the painful truth regarding the bloody massacres perpetrated by both sides is the goal, try a balanced account such as Utley and Washburn's "Indian Wars". One reviewer stated his desire that this book be made required reading in schools and colleges...unfortunately, that is the case, it's only too bad that no corrective, balanced account is also made required reading.
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