![]() ![]() In These Truths, she tells that story-from Christopher Columbus to Donald Trump.Īt many points, the answer to the “important question” seems to be that the United States is a failed experiment. Lepore explains: “The origins of that idea, and its fate, are the story of American history” (p. ![]() to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force” (p. As Alexander Hamilton reflected: “It seems to have been reserved to the people of this country. ![]() The founders hoped to establish a nation-state “that would be ruled not by accident and force but by reason and choice” (p. Her task is to address-if not to fully answer- the question: “Does American history prove these truths, or does it belie them?” (p. “The American experiment rests on three political ideas,” Jill Lepore summarizes: equality, rights, and democracy (p. These Truths: A History of the United States takes its title-and its themes- from the Declaration of Independence. ![]()
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