The Politically Incorrect Guide

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The Politically Incorrect Guide is a book series by Regnery Publishing presenting "politically incorrect" beliefs on various topics. The books are written by different authors and generally present a conservative or libertarian viewpoint on the subject at hand.

Content

Each Politically Incorrect Guide contains the following:

• Cover teasers that summarize ideas presented in the book.
• Contents which list all the questions each Guide will be answering, contained within the appropriate chapter.
• Guess What sections, which oppose common liberal viewpoints.
• PC Myth which discusses ideas that are widely believed but which the authors see as completely false. This is followed by a discussion of why the idea is believed and what they believe the truth is.
• Boxed texts
  • A Book You're Not Supposed to Read (with a pig at the top of each box) lists books that challenge "politically correct" opinions about topics covered in the Guide in question
  • PIG which lists quotes from notable authors supporting the opinions given. These feature a picture of a microphone at the top of each box.

Some books have variations on this theme, such as:

• "Muhammad versus Jesus" quotes in the Guide to Islam, which aim to suggest Muhammad preached violence and Jesus nonviolence.
• What They Don't Want You To Learn From... in the Guide to English and American Literature.
• A Book Atheists Want To Burn instead of A Book You're Not Supposed to Read in the Guide to The Bible.

Reader-selected expansion

One feature of the Politically Incorrect Guides series is the fact that readers can (through Regnery's associate Human Events) vote for what topics should be covered by the series in the future. A poll in 2006^[1] said that the most important topics not yet covered were the Constitution, the Bible, and capitalism: of which books for all three topics were since published.

Series

• The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods (December 2004) ISBN 0895260476
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades) by Robert Spencer (August 2005) ISBN 0895260131
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science by Tom Bethell (November 2005) ISBN 089526031X
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex, and Feminism by Carrie L. Lukas (May 2006) ISBN 1596980036
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design by Jonathan Wells (August 2006) ISBN 1596980516
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature by Elizabeth Kantor (November 2006) ISBN 1596980117
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to the South (and Why It Will Rise Again) by Clint Johnson (January 2007) ISBN 1596985003
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism by Christopher C. Horner (February 2007) ISBN 1596985011
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism by Robert P. Murphy (April 2007) ISBN 1596985046
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution by Kevin R.C. Gutzman (June 2007) ISBN 1596985054
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to Hunting by Frank Miniter (September 2007) ISBN 1596985216
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible by Robert J. Hutchinson (October 2007) ISBN 1596985208
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East by Martin Sieff (January 2008) ISBN 1596980516
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization by Anthony Esolen (June 2008) ISBN 1596980591
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War by Harold William Crocker III (October 2008) ISBN 1596985496
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal by Robert P. Murphy (April 2009) ISBN 1596980966
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers by Brion McClanahan (June 2009) ISBN 1596980923
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Sixties by Jonathan Leaf (August 2009) ISBN 1596985720
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War by Phillip Jennings (February 2010)[1] ISBN 1596985674

Criticisms

A pro-evolution website, The Panda's Thumb, reviewed The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design calling it incorrect "scientifically, logically, historically, legally, academically, and morally", and giving analysis on 9 of the 17 chapters in the book.^[2] Some historians also took issue with The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War, criticising its "cherry-picked research and one-sided judgments of figures" ^[3] and accusing it of advocating Neo-Confederate ideas. ^[4]

Translations

Three of the books have been translated into Spanish:

• Guía Políticamente Incorrecta del Islam (y de las Cruzadas) ISBN 8496836075 - translation of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades)
• Guía Políticamente Incorrecta de la Ciencia ISBN 8493466999 - translation of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science
• Guía Políticamente Incorrecta del Calentamiento Global (y del Ecologismo) ISBN 8496836174 - translation of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism

References

1. ^ Politically Incorrect Votes are in
2. ^ "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design Review". Panda's Thumb. August 19, 2006. http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2006/08/the_politically.html. Retrieved 2006-11-04. 
3. ^ http://www.hpronline.org/current-issue/books-and-arts/186
4. ^ http://www.onepeoplesproject.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26:hate-has-its-conferences-what-was-seen-at-cpac-2009&catid=39:stupid-right-wingers

External links

• Official Website
• Regnery Publishing page