What Every American Should Know

ebook The True History of Slavery, Genocide & Our Imperial Legacy

By Carol B. Abbott

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The Shocking Truth about America's Rise to Power They Don't Want You to Know

Everything you learned about American history was a lie.

From the first European settlements to the modern military-industrial complex, "The Myth of American Exceptionalism" exposes the brutal reality behind America's rise to global dominance. This isn't the sanitized version taught in schools—this is the documented history of systematic genocide, slavery, corporate warfare, and imperial conquest that built the world's most powerful empire.

Discover the Hidden History:

How Columbus's diary reveals premeditated genocide from day one

The economic calculations behind Cherokee removal and Indigenous elimination

Why the Civil War was really about corporate interests, not moral principles

How Wall Street was literally built on slave trading and human trafficking

The true story of Reconstruction's betrayal and the rise of convict leasing

How the military-industrial complex engineered permanent warfare for profit

The CIA operations that overthrew democracies to protect corporate investments

Drawing from declassified documents, corporate archives, and suppressed testimonies, historian Carol B. Abbott presents overwhelming evidence that American "exceptionalism" is history's greatest propaganda campaign. Each chapter demolishes cherished myths with documented facts that connect past atrocities to present-day inequalities.

This isn't anti-American—it's pro-truth. Understanding how systematic oppression actually works is essential for creating genuine democracy and justice.

"A masterwork of historical excavation that reveals the economic interests and corporate power behind America's most celebrated moments." — Critical readers who demand truth over comfortable lies

Warning: This book will permanently change how you see American history, current events, and the true nature of power. Once you see the patterns, you can't unsee them.

The myth ends here. The reckoning begins now.

What Every American Should Know