Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

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  The story of a genocide

  Vote: 7.5/10

  Fantastic reading: the story of how Native Americans were constantly betrayed, cheated, exterminated in such a planned fashion makes you want to puke at the thought of being Caucasian. Only Hitler and Stalin managed similar stunts, and with less success.

  And for those Europeans that ... (continue)

  Vote: 7.5/10

  Fantastic reading: the story of how Native Americans were constantly betrayed, cheated, exterminated in such a planned fashion makes you want to puke at the thought of being Caucasian. Only Hitler and Stalin managed similar stunts, and with less success.

  And for those Europeans that blame "the Americans" for this genocide, think again: in 1860-1890 (when the genocide happened) the Americans were ALL first generation, maybe second generation...they were mostly British, French, German, Dutch, Spanish. So, you, us, Europeans: do we still feel we can have a clean conscience?

  This should make compulsory reading everywhere, not only in the States.

  Why only four stars then? Because if the story is compelling, the book's style is not. Very "matter of factly" written, it shows its limits in its strengths: this is just an endless list of betrayals upon betrayals, with no attempt to put it all in perspective. And it sometimes makes for very dull reading.

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• English Books
• Others 392 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0330245694
• ISBN-13: 9780330245692
• Pub date: Jan 01, 1975
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding and Unbound
• In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani, Российские Книги

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