The Untold History of the United States

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First Gallery Books hardcover edition October 2012

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Stone, Oliver.

The untold history of the United States / Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick.

—1st Gallery Books hardcover ed.

p. cm.

Companion to the documentary series of the same name.

1. United States—History—20th century. 2. United States—History—21st century. 3. United States—Politics and government—20th century. 4. United States—Politics and government—2001-2009. I. Kuznick, Peter J. II. Title.

E741.S76 2011

973.91—dc23

2011051642

ISBN 978-1-4516-1351-3

ISBN 978-1-4516-1644-6 (eBook)