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Linenthal explores the ways Oklahomans and Americans have tried to grapple with the catastrophe. Working with exclusive access to materials, he looks at how the bombing threatened ideas about American innocence, sparked debate on how to respond to terrorism at home and abroad, and engendered a new "bereaved community" in Oklahoma City itself. Illustrations.

From the "taming of the West" to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the portrayal of the past has become a battleground at the heart of American politics. What kind of history Americans should read, see, or fund is no longer merely a matter of professional interest to teachers, historians, and museum curators. Everywhere now, history is increasingly being held hostage, but to what end and why? In "History Wars, " eight prominent his...