For the past three decades, history books have been biased, overemphasizing America's racism, sexism, and bigotry while downplaying the greatness of her patriots. As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington, more on the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII than about D-day or Iwo Jima, more on the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin. ''Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen remind us what a few good individuals can do in just a few short centuries....A fluid account of America from the discovery of the Continent up to the present day.'' -- Wall Street Journal ''A welcome, refreshing, and solid contribution to relearning what we have forgotten and remembering why this nation is good, and worth defending.'' -- National Review ''There are a thousand pleasant surprises and heartening reminders that underneath it all America remains a country of ideas, ideals, and optimism--and no amount of revisionism can take that legacy away.'' -- Humane Studies Review LARRY SCHWEIKART is a history professor at the University of Dayton. He has written more than twenty books on banking and financial history, business history, and national defense. MICHAEL ALLEN is a professor of history and American studies at the University of Washington, Tacoma. He is the author of the prize-winning Western Rivermen (1763-1861) and Rodeo Cowboys in the North American Imagination.