History and Its Enemies

History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past, by Gary B. Nash, Charlotte Crabtree, and Ross E. Dunn (Knopf, 352 pp., $26)

FIRST, a disclaimer. I appear in this book about a half a dozen times as a minor villain-a rather unpleasant and abrasive fellow who assists the chief villain, Lynne Cheney, in her opposition to the National History Standards. Now that my cards are on the table let us proceed.

About the Author

John Fonte

John Fonte is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for American Common Culture at the Hudson Institute.

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History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past, by Gary B. Nash, Charlotte Crabtree, and Ross E. Dunn (Knopf, 352 pp., $26)

FIRST, a disclaimer. I appear in this book about a half a dozen times as a minor villain-a rather unpleasant and abrasive fellow who assists the chief villain, Lynne Cheney, in her opposition to the National History Standards. Now that my cards are on the table let us proceed.