Showing The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History by Jill Lepore

Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution - so did the Confederacy. This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the meaning of the nation's founding, including the battle waged by the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and evangelical Christians to 'take back America'.