I will say that I will not have my children read the history/politics books alone. I believe there may be some conspiratorial positions (or hints at one) regarding Roosevelt and an underestimation of Hitler and the Japanese culture’s willingness to die; not to mention the moral component. The Holocaust didn’t cause the re-establishment of Israel – the process had already begun in earnest – however, admittedly, it did speed things up. And thank G-D it did.
If he thinks we shouldn’t have gotten into WWII, then needless to say, I disagree with him. (I actually think Britain’s PM Chamberlain’s weakness embolden Hitler and we should’ve gotten involved sooner, at least in warning the world about Hitler’s tyranny, which began early) Now, WWI, that’s a different story. If that had been handled differently (Progressive prez. Wilson messed things up for his part), then WWII may have been prevented; but I also don’t share the it’s “America’s foreign policy that causes all the trouble in the world” attitude. Of course, Hitler was just practicing the ultimate case of eugenics, which is fine with Progressives esp. at that time (and even now); but I’ll save that for another day’s conversation.
If I am mistaken about his perspective, then I will be corrected when we read the books fully-I have read only excerpts and reviews.
I do think it’s important for them to read this certain segment of Libertarian views on this topic, but we’ll do it together to discuss and remember it’s one man’s opinion; to encourage them to do their own research and measure his statements with historical facts of which they already know.
Same goes for the Mideast and Rome books.
