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Dec 1, 2004 · Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America helps explain why George W. Bush won reelection by a margin much greater than the conventional wisdom predicted and why both Republicans and Democrats—Democrats especially—must take note if they wish to remain relevant in American politics.
He accused Webb of "taking history personally" and generally lambasted the book for what seemed to be an intentionally misleading narrative. [5] Born Fighting was the basis for a two-part Smithsonian Channel program on the Scots-Irish influence in America. [6]
- James Webb
- 2004
Jul 1, 2005 · As an ethnic group, James Webb argues in Born Fighting, they "did not merely come to America, they became America, particularly in the south and the Ohio Valley, where their culture...
- Contributing Editor
Aug 5, 2011 · We’ll end this post with Webb’s second bizarre leap away from historical fact: he claims that “In 1783, America acknowledged the efforts made by the overwhelmingly Scots-Irish militiamen in the south in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution”.
Sep 7, 2016 · Born Fighting hit the stands at a time when the Old Order is fading out, when it is apparent that America is becoming a giant pool of labor and resources in the corporate web, no longer a sovereign state maintained by a people for their security and perpetuation. Propaganda, not law, rules America.
Oct 6, 2004 · NPR's Noah Adams talks to author James Webb about his new book, Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America, a historical examination of how the descendants of Scotland and Ireland...
Traces the history and influence of the Scots-Irish in America, following their odyssey from their native Scotland, through their settlement in Northern Ireland, to their migration to America in the eighteenth century
