100 Turning Points in American History Janet Kay reports of a successful attack

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100 Turning Points in American History Janet Kay reports of a successful attackArnold J. Toynbee, the most famous professional historian of the twentieth century, is widely quoted as having declared that "History is just one damn thing after another." This book argues that history is not about "things" at all but is all about turning points the decisions, acts, innovations, errors, ideas, successes, and failures on which the shape of a nation's life our lives depends. It presents the 100 points at which America's path decisively