JACQUES PAUWELS—The history of the United States is bursting with myths, such as the notions that the conquest of the Wild West was a heroic undertaking, that the country fought in World War I for democracy, and that Oppenheimer’s Bomb wiped out over 100,000 people in Hiroshima to force Tokyo to surrender, thus presumably saving the lives of countless Japanese civilians and American soldiers. Yet another myth involves American “aid” to Europe in the years following World War II, epitomized by the so-called “European Recovery Program”, better known as the Marshall Plan, because it was George C. Marshall, a former chief of staff of the army and Secretary of State in the Truman administration, who formally launched the project in a speech at Harvard University on June 5, 1947.
Author
Jacques Pauwels
Jacques Pauwels
JACQUES PAUWELS is above all a "People's Historian". A determined slayer of myths that keep people enslaved to undemocratic regimes. Born in Ghent, Belgium, in 1946, has lived in Canada since 1969. He is married and has two children and five grandchildren. Says fellow historian and leading pol-sci author Gabriel Rockhill: "Jacques Pauwels is hands down one of the most important historians writing today. His work combines profound erudition with pristine clarity. He has a unique ability to channel his expansive historical knowledge into pedagogical narratives that carefully walk the reader through extremely complex historical developments. The result is, quite simply, a series of the best books on modern and contemporary history that can—and should!—be read by both specialists and complete novices. Moreover, his commitment to the tradition of what Domenico Losurdo referred to as “counter-history” leads his readers through the looking glass, so to speak. Instead of the hackneyed stories peddled by the mainstream media and educational institutions, he delivers to his readers truly insightful, and sometimes surprising, accounts of what actually happened. His books are thus real page-turners that are enthralling to read and amenable to a very large audience." Pauwels is systematically ignored and badmouthed by the minions in the West's indoctrination system.
