THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, please, if you have a seat, take it. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative.Office of Science and Technology Policy.Executive Offices Show submenu for “Executive Offices””.Administration Show submenu for “Administration””.Shore’s detailed recounting of the complexities and drivers of wartime decisions and events provides the frame for a deeper examination of our country’s ongoing struggle to live up to its ideals and aspirations. He brings all these qualities to this penetrating yet sensitive analysis of the moral dilemmas Americans faced in first perpetrating, and then later confronting, acknowledging and atoning for heinous acts during World War II. 'Zachary Shore is a historian of great humanity and insight, and a gifted writer. Shore’s detailed recounting of the complexities and drivers of wartime decisions and events provides the frame for a deeper examination of our country’s ongoing struggle to live up to its ideals and aspirations.' Fiona Hill, former Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe and Russia McMaster, former US National Security Advisor and author of Battlegrounds and Dereliction of Duty Zachary Shore's This Is Not Who We Are has arrived just in time to foster thoughtful introspection and meaningful discussion of how our past can help us to understand the present and build a better future.' H. 'As America emerges from the traumas of recent years, it will be important to restore confidence in our common identity and strengthen our social fabric. They spotlight the moral quandaries that plagued Americans as their wartime thirst for vengeance wrestled with their loftier ideals.' Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 That alone would make for fascinating reading, but the surprises that Shore reveals do more than entertain. 'In this elegantly narrated tale, Zachary Shore weaves together a rich tapestry of heroes and villains, some of whom often switch roles.

This is not who we are