Hidden Truths Stripped From the National Dialogue

Bruce Herschensohn challenges the same old beliefs most often heard in the media and read in the textbooks. Is Afghanistan really the longest war in the history of the United States? Was Hong Kong given back to the People’s Republic of China in 1997 because of the lease signed by Great Britain in 1898? Herschensohn convinces us with evidence that the answer to both questions is no.

The book covers a wide range of controversial issues in domestic as well as international politics from US president’s constitutional rights to the Israeli-Palestinian Authority peace process. As you read on, you will realize sooner or later that you have been put into a “coma” by the media. This book is a call to start, reconsidering, questioning, and digging deeper into what the media feeds the public.

Lucid, succinct, abundant in historical evidence, and easy to read, this book will draw general readers interested in contemporary politics as well as scholars and students of history and politics. But perhaps most important, it will win the applause of the people who like to engage in true critical thinking.

Bruce Herschensohn (1932-2020) was a fixture in American politics. He received the Distinguished Service Medal, served as Deputy Special Assistant to President Nixon, was appointed a member of the Reagan Transition Team, and was the 1992 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in California. He also worked as a political commentator on KABC-TV and KABC Radio. Herschensohn taught at the University of Maryland, occupied the Nixon Chair at Whittier College, was a Fellow at the John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics at Harvard University, and Distinguished Fellow of the Claremont Institute. He worked with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and from 1998 until his passing in 2020 taught at the School of Public Policy of Pepperdine University, where he was the Chairman of the Board and a Senior Fellow. Herschensohn was also a Non-Resident Associate Fellow of the Nixon Center and served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Individual Freedom.