The word "many" leads me to believe that this is the author's opinion without substance, and even with evidence at best ad populum. I recently read "Lies My Te

The word "many" leads me to believe that this is the author's opinion without substance, and even with evidence at best ad populum. I recently read "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by J. Loewen [1], and it hits on just this, being the "heroification" of American leaders. I wouldn't doubt that this is what was the popular teaching in K-12 US. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Lies-My-Teacher-Told-Everything/dp/0743296281/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415442840&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Lies-My-Teacher-Told-Everything/dp/074...