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For individuals who want to get beyond the mainstream media cliches about America, this is a great book, filled with facts backed by fascinating analysis.

It's more than 300 pages of insight.

This is a book filled with some fascinating facts about the underside of America:

When Bush cut taxes for the rich in 2004, the family that owns Wal-Mart increased their wealth by $91,500 per hour

2.9 million Americans claim to have been abducted by aliens

Over twice as many Americans claim to go to church as actually do

65 percent of American adults are overweight, 30 percent are obese, and these proportions are growing

More than 37 million Americans, or one in eight of the population, live below the official poverty guidelines.

In 1983, 50 corporations controlled the vast majority of all news media in the United States. Today, it's down to six.

From the Publisher, The Disinformation Company:

Are Americans being told the full story about what's going on in the United States today? In this book, you'll learn hard facts that will open your eyes and minds to a very different reality than the official versions.

Following the popular 50 Facts That Should Change The World, this new book puts our nation under the microscope, telling us that:

The United States of America is a country with fifty capital cities, few of which anyone can name; a nation with 65 million gun owners and 35,000 gun deaths each year; a place where there's one car for every adult; and where twice as many people claim to go to church as actually do.

One town in Kentucky elected a black Labrador as its mayor.

The United States produces a quarter of global CO2 emissions, and has a population rising twice as fast as that of the European Union.

German could have been the national language.

The United States boasts the largest welfare state in the world-our military.

Stephen Fender presents a vibrant, proud, and yet critical portrait of the world's most powerful but least understood nation.

About the author:

Stephen Fender was born in San Francisco and educated at Stanford and the universities of Wales and Manchester, England. He has taught at Santa Clara, Williams, and Dartmouth colleges in the United States, and the universities of Edinburgh, London, and Sussex. He is the author of six books and currently lives in London.

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