Schweikart always does a good job of going against what the mainstream history books report. That said, this book was so condensed that it left me wanting more. It's not that it's a bad book, it's just that there could have been a bit more depth. That said, since Schweikart uses way more first source material in context than, say, Kenneth C. Davis, it will be easy to go a bit deeper. This book is nowhere near as in-depth and detailed as the author's Patriot's History to the United States of America, but it is still a good read.