"This book is a revised and expanded edition of 1492 and All That: Political Manipulations of History (Washington D.C.: Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1992). Chapter 7, revised for this edition, first appeared in the Intercollegiate Review (Spring 1998). The appendix is adapted from "Columbus and the Beginning of the World," First Things (May 1999)"--Title page verso

Introduction to the 2020 edition -- Introduction to the 1992 edition -- Myths and anti-myths -- El Almirante -- Vox Clamantis in Deserto? -- Colonialism, indigenous peoples, and the European legacy -- Events, counter-events, non-events -- Democratic vistas -- What is "Western" civilization? -- Appendix: the Europe that gave us Columbus -- Selected bibliography -- Index