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What is the Least Credible History Book in Print?

We asked our reader community to send us their nominations for the least credible history books around, and the response was enormous (including an article in the New York Times)! From dozens and dozens of nominees, we've taken the top five most submitted.

And the contenders are (please, one vote per person):

Up Front

If the U.S. Is The World's Fireman, Who Rebuilds The Burned-Out Neighborhoods? Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica

Hot Topics

Insights from the Social Sciences and Life Sciences Relevant to History

News at Home

Election 2012: What’s the Real Story Here? Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica

Don't Just Blame the Republicans for the No-Tax Pledge -- Democrats are Allergic to Tax Hikes, Too Molly Michelmore

The Obamacare Challenge to American Individualism Ruth Rosen

News Abroad

U.S.-China Policy: Hiding the Military-Economic Link Ira Chernus

Historians & History

Progressives Need to Celebrate America's Triumphs, Not Just Criticize Its Tragedies Ian Reifowitz

Russia's Architect of Victory: Interview with Geoffrey Roberts on Georgy Zhukov Aaron Leonard

Culture Watch

To Lie or Not To Lie: That Is the Seventeenth-Century Question Bruce Chadwick

Books

Review of Alice Kessler-Harris's A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman Ron Briley

Review of Michael I. Meyerson's Endowed By Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America Jim Cullen