Forget the Alamo review: dark truths of the US south and its ‘secular Mecca’
by Charles Kaiser from on (#5NX7W)
Three Texas authors expose the myth that the 1836 battle at a San Antonio mission was about freedom. It was about slavery
As the ancient American struggle over how much truth to tell about the traditional oppression of minorities bubbles over, with arguments over everything from the teaching of Critical Race Theory to the mention of anything gay in the presence of anyone under 18, this engaging new book about the history of the Alamo arrives at the perfect moment.
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