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Myths About the Past Can Shape the Future

In the new book Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past, a group of historians takes on how the myths and lies of our past affect our present and possibly our future.

Co-Editors and Princeton Professors of History Julian Zelizer and Kevin Kruse join us to discuss this new book

Read entire article at WNYC