The prevailing myth is that America's prized possessions and greatest
exports are democracy and the dream of freedom. The naked truth,
according to Abu-Jamal and Vittoria, is that the American dream is
illusory and America's greatest export is in fact murder - and that
along the way to the kill, America thieves, suppresses, and tyrannizes.
This book strives to set the record straight, to educate, to enlighten
and to enliven the people against the corruptions of empire--corruptions
that stretch from Columbus's first steps on Hispaniola through
yesterday's murderous drone attack. More than a history book, this is a
lively, irreverent, and spirited alternative to the orthodoxy of
American exceptionalism.