When it comes to memoirs, an author’s task is clear: Remember how it happened; then, tell the truth. Writers who draw on personal stories are often dogged by nonfiction’s prevailing imperative of ...

For decades, psychologists and neuroscientists have propagated a dismal picture of the human mind. We are told that far from being rational, most of what we think and do is propelled by irrational ...

Introduction: the Revolution in American life -- The Revolutionary generation remembers. -- War and nationhood: founding myths and historical realities / Michael A. McDonnell -- "A natural & ...

Memory and amnesia after apartheid -- The power of collective memory -- White lies: myth-making and social memory in the service of white minority rule -- Facing backward, looking forward: the ...