Great if you can bear the narration

I listened to this through for the jarring history it portrays. Then I bought the book, I liked it so much.

But from the first chapter I found the narration cringeworthy as every quote is delivered in a fake voice. He attempt to mimick everyone, with a lilting voice for women, a mocking voice for many, and a strong voice for those he apparently approves of. We don't need to know what the narrator thinks of these people!

Nearly ruined a good thing. The book itself is excellent, I must say. It's a grim portrayal of American history, and a compelling one too.

Recommend! ... the printed book, that is.

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Praise for Venezuelan dictatorship inexcusable

As a Native Hawaiian I appreciated the many important perspectives on settler-colonialism. I also really enjoyed the author’s previous book, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. However, as I also have Venezuelan family suffering under the dictatorship as well as those forced into exile, the praise for the +20yr Chávez/Maduro regime is absolutely INEXCUSABLE.

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Terrible reader

A fine book ruined by a subpar reader. So disappointed. Read the print version only.

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Essential

Keep an open mind. Value education. Respect history from all perspectives, and that is based on evidence. Learn something new. Take a good hard look at the narratives we like to tell ourselves to bolster structures of power that benefit colonizing systems of dominance and oppression. Change is possible and necessary, and we can make it happen.

Bias overshadows The Importance of the Message

The significance and importance of inarguable facts is nearly overwhelmed by the authors agenda, the authors bias. While the book may speak to the faithful, it is not likely change minds.

superb work

this is a stinging indictment of the values portrayed by the United States of America. it's been reluctant throughout its history in living up to it's professed aspirations, and been grudgingly pulled into espoused egalitarian principles by the people it has tried to dispel most fervently, after relieving them of their property, dignity, and culture. this colonizing, parasitic philosophy has been invoked not only on indigenous peoples within local borders, but also projected universally, but smoothed over with Broad brush Strokes of imperialistic nostalgia. the United States will implode on itself unless it chooses acknowledge it's Imperial tendencies, and actually live up to the values it pretends to Champion.

Vital Historic Reading or Listening!

I Loved this! This Is The True History of The United States and Shows CLEARLY why American Christian Nationalists and American White Supremacists Do Not Want The True History Of The United States Officially Taught In Schools Because It Will COMPLETELY Destroy Their Totality Ridiculous Claims Of National Moral Greatness & National Ethical Decency and Goodness!

Historically The United States, With its Brutal Genocidal Triumphs Over So Many Millions Of Natives Humans and Equally Brutal Enslavement Over Millions of More Kidnapped and Exploited, Whipped, Branded, Raped, Gelded, Tortured, Innocent Human Beings Whose Children Were Sold Away From Them, Stripped Of Their Names, Culture, Language, History, Relations and then Segregated and Discriminated, and Colonized. The United States set the Standard That Inspired both The Nazi and Apartheid Governments of Germany and South Africa.

How The United States Has Told An Upside Down, False Narrative Of Their History To Justify Its Evil Actions how King George lll and Santa Anna and The Native-American NATIONS were Truly 'The GOOD GUYS' and It Was The Americans Who Were The Villains!

In its unbridled Capitalism and Lust for More and More Profits and Its Domestic Social Ethos and Its Foreign Policies Are And Have Been The Stuff Of Pure Evil! The Overthrowing Of Democratic Governments From Iran to Chile, the Supporting of Brutal Tyrants From The Congo, South Africa, Chile, Indonesia and Beyond, Its Waging Of Unjustifiable Wars In: Mexico, The Philippines, Vietnam, The Middle East, Central & South America, Cuba, Guatemala (and beyond); even militarily Training Its Murderous Puppets Here.

And All The While INSISTING That They, Not Only Are Currently The Greatest Nation In The World, Which Is Unhinged BS Enough, But That They Are The Greatest Nation In The History Of The World!

This Brilliant Book Exsposes That Claim to Be An ABSOLUTE LIE!

Truth vs. Narrative

This is one of the best books I’ve read. An in depth look at History that ties events together in context of the whole. Very good at connecting how what was going on in the Country contributed to who came hear and under what circumstances. Looks at the conditions that made these historical migrations happen and the effects. A must read if you want to know about the founding of this Country.

Dense but informative

4 stars - It was really good

Trigger Warnings: racial slurs, antisemitism, colonialism, white surpremacy, genocide,

This was a very in depth look at immigration, settler colonialism, white supremacy, and the United States history of erasing its history. I learned a lot with this book but at the same time, it was very overwhelming with how much information was in this, especially in the audiobook format. I had to take this book in small chunks and even then I was overwhelmed by how many facts were fed to me. I wish I had read this in ebook format because I think more of the information presented in this book would have stuck, but that just means I will probably try to reread this in the future to fix that.

Overall, this was a very informative book about settler colonialism and immigration. My only issue, outside of the dense amount of info, was that the narrator would use different voices when quoting other people and it was very jaring. I wish he would have just used his normal voice for these quoted parts.

Swashbucklers, the new writers bringing us History

As we go global, Paul Collier's Exodus. Decades of Research, human stories & nice writing.