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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I specifically would love to read history books with a theme that goes like this: "All the archeological evidence, written record, and other primary sources pointed towards Conclusion A and we've upheld Conclusion A for 500 years...but new findings have shattered that and we are now forced to consider Conclusion B, and this book explains why."

There is so much about our history that we don't know and even as a kid, I took history narratives with a grain of salt. I kind of want some fresh perspectives. Any recs?

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I *think* I know what you're looking for, but at the same time I see you're looking for the dramatic and conspirational rather than a genuine quest for knowledge and truth. If you're talking about recent history aka the last 500 years, it's extremely well-document. Historians are going to be subject to their own biases, but the data and sources are all out there and it's all been turned over extremely carefully and millions of times. Nothing is deliberately hidden. What changes are biases and prejudices. Recent publications like 1619 are riddled with deliberate distortions and quite a few outright fabrications (and it was primarily not written by professional historians but journalists) because the creators had an axe to grind and it was to their advantage to frame American history in a different light.

The further back you go then the records become murkier. So what exactly are you looking for?[/quote]

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