Kindle Price: $9.99

Promotions apply when you purchase

These promotions will be applied to this item:

Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions.

Read with our free app
You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.
Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

Buy for others

Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group.
Learn more

Buying and sending eBooks to others

  1. Select quantity
  2. Buy and send eBooks
  3. Recipients can read on any device

These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Amazon book clubs early access
Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access

Join or create book clubs

Choose books together

Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Explore Amazon Book Clubs

Follow the author

Robert Parry
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

America's Stolen Narrative: From Washington and Madison to Nixon, Reagan and the Bushes to Obama Kindle Edition

by Robert Parry (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
See all formats and editions
Investigative reporter Robert Parry reframes key chapters of American history by exploring past events that still drive the U.S. political narrative – from why the Framers junked the Articles of Confederation in favor of the Constitution, to how the modern Republican Party embraced a win-at-all-cost ethos, to why the Democrats shy away from the hard work of accountability.

AMERICA’S STOLEN NARRATIVE takes you on a journey from America’s founding – and the plotting of George Washington and James Madison – to Richard Nixon’s sabotage of Lyndon Johnson’s Vietnam peace talks, on to the Watergate scandal (showing how those two dark chapters were really one continuous storyline). The book then explores the political deceptions that surrounded the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and the two George Bushes and explains how that false history entrapped Barack Obama.

Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Parry, a 35-year veteran of Washington journalism, broke many of the stories now known as the Iran-Contra Affair while working at The Associated Press and Newsweek.
Previous page
  1. Print length
    236 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    October 16, 2012
  5. File size
    638 KB
  6. Page Flip
    Enabled
  7. Word Wise
    Enabled
  8. Enhanced typesetting
    Enabled
  9. See all details
Next page

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Parry, a 35-year veteran of Washington journalism, broke many of the stories now known as the Iran-Contra Affair while working at The Associated Press and Newsweek. He now edits the investigative news Web site, Consortiumnews.com.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B009RXXOIG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Media Consortium (October 16, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 16, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 638 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 236 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 66 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Robert Parry

Robert Parry
Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more

Customer reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
66 global ratings
corruption r us
5 Stars
corruption r us
The AP US History question goes like this: given our Constitution, should citizens expect better than the disgraceful presidential contempt, lies and deceptions which Parry believes began with Nixon? Read the critiques of the anti Federalists in reviewing the proposed Constitution in the fall of 1787. Parry is right on only he should have explored further what we can do [apart from the power to amend the federal or state constitutions. The Anti-Federalists faced the same questions. See what they said.
Hide
Thank you for your feedback
Sorry, there was an error
Sorry we couldn't load the review

Top reviews from the United States

Eric C. Petersen
5.0 out of 5 stars First Rate Investigative Reporting
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2014
Verified Purchase
Parry's tenacity for following up stories - over decades - is not only awe inspiring but what is apparently needed to get to the bottom of stories the political class in D.C. wants permanently buried. The book starts with a look at some Supreme Court decisions where the conservative members of the bench (especially Scalia) use selected passages from the Federalist Papers to support their positions as "originalists." Parry skewers these arguments, many made in direct opposition to what the framers clearly intended. (This raises the larger question about the Court's decisions in recent years - is the body of common law any longer applicable to the Supremes' decisions or are they simply pulling examples of convenience out of the air to support their prejudices?) Next up is the 1968 election where Nixon allegedly killed the on going Paris Peace Conference about the Vietnam War, an "October Surprise" that gained him the election - and allowed the war to continue for four more years. The main part of the book deals with Reagan's sundry secret activities in Iran, starting with alleged meetings of his confidants (Bush, Casey among others) prior to the 1980 election that ensured the American captives would not be released prior to his gaining office, a story that had credence from the get-go as the hostages were released within minutes of Reagan's swearing in. Then we move on to Iran Contra, massive arms deals to Iran with Israel as the middle man, and then the peculiar shift of U.S. favoritism toward Saddam as the Iraq-Iran War progressed. A theme that flows though these and other nefarious acts by those in power in Washington is how successfully they manage not only to cover their tracks, but keep them covered -when Watergate first broke the FBI refused to investigate as one example. Much of the author's time (over decades on certain stories) was spent trying to pry out who was where at a critical juncture and what was said, and how planted press articles by what might loosely be called neocon operatives and their press outlets sallied forth to discredit anyone looking a bit too hard to unearth the truth. When government officials in power want a story mushroomed it stays that way, and the list of examples shown by Parry is the heart of the book - incriminating evidence is simply disregarded, requested documents slow in coming - or "lost" - and identities redacted with paint-roller enthusiasm. Parry spent years trying to track down the identity of one couple whose possible testimony might have proved lethal to Bush Sr's administration; he finally got the names from the Bush library in 2011 - years after the couple had died. The stories Parry focuses on are not trivial; if fully known at the time of occurrence charges of treason or the basis for impeachment were at hand; how these events were covered up - and how Parry tenaciously ensured these events would not go down the memory hole of history is quite a read. (Please excuse typos - I couldn't edit this thing.)
44 people found this helpful
Helpful
Report
Blayney Colmore
4.0 out of 5 stars Disheartening
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2013
Verified Purchase
Assuming this guy's research is as good and honest as it appears, the way he connects the Republican interference in peace negotiations prior to the 1968 election, to Watergate, and once again the Republican undercover attempts to keep Iran from releasing our embassy hostages in the run up to Reagan's defeat of Carter, is chilling. My take, I'm afraid is cynical.

Though Parry clearly favors the Democrats over Republicans (as I do), his very thorough and gripping story suggests to me that no political party nor candidate has any moral compass when it comes to gaining or holding power.
27 people found this helpful
Helpful
Report
Richard H. Elfers
5.0 out of 5 stars Parry challenges Republican patriotism
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2014
Verified Purchase
I read the book with some trepidation. I was afraid this was one of those conspiracy theory kinds of books. I also did not want to believe that President H.W. Bush and Robert Gates could and would lower themselves through personal ambition to subvert a standing Democratic president to elect a Republican one--Ronald Reagan.

That Richard Nixon might do that to subvert Vietnamese peace talks to win the presidency did not surprise me, but to read and see proof that Reagan, HW Bush, and Robert Gates would do so really brought me a great deal of distress.

In the end, I couldn't poke holes in his arguments and documentation. That brought me sadness and gladness.
Sadness that Republican leaders who always trump patriotism would allow personal ambition to harm this nation for political gain. I felt gladness that at least now I know the truth. I also see this same attitude in the current Republican vendetta to subvert President Obama's programs for the sake of regaining power. Observing these real time events makes Parry's book seem plausible.
13 people found this helpful
Helpful
Report
Robert Flynn
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2016
Verified Purchase
Robert Parry gets the facts and presents them in a direct way that informs. It's unsettling how hard it is to get the facts in a "post-truth" world dominated by TV entertainment that pretends to be news and outright lies that are known to be lies but are published with the same authority as proven facts. Robert Parry boxes the compass so we know the direction we are going.
5 people found this helpful
Helpful
Report
sstj Shopper
5.0 out of 5 stars This is an absolute Must Read for anyone who has wondered just how
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2013
Verified Purchase
we got so far off track in this country. Having lived through the Nixon era, I could never understand why it took so long to get out of Vietnam after his election...now I know. Nor did I ever understand why the Iranians held the hostages until Reagan was sworn into office...another mystery solved. Parry's style is so easy to read and follow, I finished the book in one day.
40 people found this helpful
Helpful
Report
Bryson
4.0 out of 5 stars Well written and thought provoking..
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2013
Verified Purchase
This is a must read for anyone who has family or friends who worship Reagan and all things Republican , or suffer through holiday family dinners listening to uncle Pete rant about how liberals have destroyed the country & if we'd only turn on Fox News we would know that! All joking aside, Mr. Perry hits the nail on the head about how the narrative has been co -opted by corporate owned media & corporate owned politicians, who have quite skillfully revised our nation's history and are using it to further their agenda.
49 people found this helpful
Helpful
Report
sara e. greene
3.0 out of 5 stars Probably the editor could have done a better job.
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2015
Verified Purchase
I thought it provided some interesting facts, but there is a bit too much repetition. Probably the editor could have done a better job.
3 people found this helpful
Helpful
Report
Rob
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! Unfortunately
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2014
Verified Purchase
Excellent! Unfortunately, disconcerting to learn even more about the decades of success by the right-wing propaganda machine, their extreme thirst for power, their remarkable amounts of spending and deception to further unusual policies and promote otherwise unelectable candidates.
9 people found this helpful
Helpful
Report

Top reviews from other countries

Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Robert Parry, exposes the grand theft of all time.
Reviewed in Canada on August 6, 2016
Verified Purchase
Robert Parry is a senior and award winning American journalist. His research is impeccable and unrelenting as his chases down his sources and sorts out truth from fiction. The book is tragic as he documents how America's ultra right, neocons and Republicans alike, have subverted American democracy and resorted to treason to have their way. It is also a condemnation of the Democratic party as it has turned a blind eye to this treachery and failed to challenge it, or enforce accountability.
Parry also runs consortiumnews.com. His books his website are essential background reading to understanding the truth of what is going on in the world, and the present presidential race.
America owes a profound debt to journalists like Parry who are outside the MSM and hand have the tenacious integrity to speak truth to power.
While the US is cursed with endless political corruptions it is also blessed with an independent media that shames the corporate media.
Report
J. Goddard
4.0 out of 5 stars good place to start
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2015
Verified Purchase
We all need to do our own history lessons, good place to start,with books like this
One person found this helpful
Report
Gerald Nelson
5.0 out of 5 stars An avid description of how America and the world was misled by so called "trusted" leaders.
Reviewed in Canada on February 1, 2014
Verified Purchase
It appears that from Nixon and on, the Republicans have more and more depended on lies and misinformation to politic and to govern than using facts and persuasion to pursue same.
One person found this helpful
Report
Report an issue

Does this item contain inappropriate content?
Report
Do you believe that this item violates a copyright?
Report
Does this item contain quality or formatting issues?
Report