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1、WHYAMERICANHISTORYISNOTWHATTHEYSAY:ANINTRODUCTIONTOREVISIONISMalsobyjeffriggenbachInPraiseofDecadenceWHYAMERICANHISTORYISNOTWHATTHEYSAY:ANINTRODUCTIONTOREVISIONISMJeffRiggenbachLudwigvonMisesInstitute,518WestMagnoliaAvenue,Auburn,Alabama36832;mises.org.Copyrigh
2、t2009©byJeffRiggenbachPublishedunderCreativeCommonsattributionlicense3.0ISBN:978-1-933550-49-7History,n.Anaccountmostlyfalse,ofeventsmostlyunimportant,whicharebroughtaboutbyrulersmostlyknaves,andsoldiersmostlyfools.—ambrosebierceTheDevil’sDictionary(1906)Thisbo
3、okisforSuzanne,whomadeitpossible.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSPortionsofChapterThreeandChapterFiveappearedearlier,insomewhatdifferentform,inLibertymagazine,onRationalReview.com,andonAntiwar.com.DavidJ.TherouxoftheIndependentInstitute,AndreaMillenRichoftheCenterforIndependen
4、tThought,andAlexiaGilmoreoftheRandolphBourneInstituteweregenerouswiththeirassistanceduringtheresearchingandwritingstagesofthisproject.EllenStuttlewasherusualindispensableself.And,ofcourse,responsibilityforanyerrorsoffact,usage,orjudgmentinthesepagesisentirelymy
5、own.CONTENTSpreface15oneTheArtofHistory19i.ObjectivityinHistory19ii.HistoryandFiction25iii.TheHistoricalFictionofKennethRoberts36iv.TheHistoricalFictionofJohnDosPassos41twoTheHistoricalFictionofGoreVidal:The“AmericanChronicle”Novels49i.BurrandLincoln49ii.1876,E
6、mpire,andHollywood59iii.HollywoodandTheGoldenAge65threeTheStoryofAmericanRevisionism71i.TheBirthofAmericanRevisionismandtheRiseofHarryElmerBarnes71ii.CharlesA.BeardandWilliamApplemanWilliams:FromProgressivismtotheNewLeft78iii.HarryElmerBarnesandJamesJ.Martin:Fr
7、omProgressivismtoLibertarianism85iv.JamesJ.Martin:HistorianandPamphleteer93v.TheLibertarianHistoriansandTheirColleaguesontheNewLeft96fourSomeAmericanWars—BothHotAndCold—ThroughRevisionistEyes100i.Theu.s.CivilWar—theRevisionistView100ii.AmericaintheWorldWars—ARe
8、visionistPerspective104iii.ARevisionistLookatAmericaintheColdWar110fiveThePoliticsoftheAmericanRevisionists114i.“Left”and“Right,”“Conservative”and“Liberal,”DifferentiatedHist
