Last Friday, June 10, McCullough took the book tour on behalf of his latest volume,"1776", to Washington - and to the Heritage Foundation. and Forrest MacDonald, has steered clear of partisan political organizations, and kept his political beliefs to himself.īut a look at the fiercely conservative and influential Heritage Foundation's website shows that McCullough may have changed his mind about declaring his political affiliations - and that some right-wing think tank chiefs think his work actually does have a deeply political message. McCullough's books projects a patriotic warmth about his American heroes - nothing too controversial.Īnd until now, McCullough, unlike such well-known American historians as Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. "Cicero" at the website of Buzzflash (6-14-05):ĭavid McCullough's best-selling books on American history have been praised for their readability and criticized for their superficiality.īut no one has detected a political agenda behind McCullough's output.
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