TY - BOOK AU - Medved,Michael TI - The 10 big lies about America: combating destructive distortions about our nation SN - 9780307394071 (pbk.) AV - E169.12 .M427 2008b U1 - 973 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Three Rivers Press KW - National characteristics, American KW - Culture conflict KW - United States KW - Values KW - Anti-Americanism KW - Civilization KW - Historiography N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-270) and index; "America was founded on genocide against Native Americans" -- "The United States is uniquely guilty for the crime of slavery, and based its wealth on stolen African labor" -- "The founders intended a secular, not Christian, nation" -- "Ameirca has always been a multicultural society, strengthened by diversity" -- "The power of big business hurts the country and oppresses the people" -- "Government programs offer the only remedy for economic downturns and poverty" -- "America is an imperialist nation and a constant threat to world peace" -- "The two-party system is broken, and we urgently need a viable third party" -- "A war on the middle class means less comfort and opportunity for the average American" -- "America is in the midst of an irreversible moral decline" N2 - Zeroes in on ten of the biggest fallacies that millions of Americans believe about our country-- in spite of incontrovertible facts to the contrary ER -