American exceptionalism and American innocence: a people's history of fake news-- from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror

1.̀"Why Do They Hate Us?' American Innocence and Historical Memory"

2."Conquest, Genocide, and the Formation of America"

3."Was the Revolutionary War Revolutionary for Slaves? A Few Thoughts on Slavery and Its Afterlives"

4."Did the United States Really Save the World? Remembering and Misremembering World War II"

5."The Korean War: An Endless War Forgotten in the Haze of American Exceptionalism"

6."Charlottesville and the Real Monuments to White Supremacy"

7."The American Dream versus American Reality: Black Wealth and the Myth of Meritocracy"

8."Should U.S. Imperialism Matter to Black Lives Matter?"

9."Protecting Whose Speech? Protecting Whose Assembly?"

10."Am I an Ungrateful Son of a Bitch?"

11."A Rising Tide or a Sinking Ship? American Economic Decline and the rise of the Unexceptional Majority

Contents note continued: 12̀."We can't have the inmates running the prison': Black Labor, White Enjoyment, and the Billionaire Capitalist Class"

13."Is American Aid' Assistance or Theft? The Case of Africa"

14."Does the U.S. Really Care about Human Rights?"

15."Humanitarian Impulses: The American Corporate Media and the White Savior Mentality"

16."If It's Bad, Blame Russia"

17."Saving American Exceptionalism: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and the Politics of Inclusion"

18."The Violence of Inclusion"

19."Flags, Flyovers, and Rituals: On Giving Your Body to the State"

20."Questioning Borders, Belonging, and the Nation-State"

21.Conclusion: "Who Exactly Does the Military Serve?".