Born Fighting

Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America (ISBN 978-0-7679-1688-2) is a book by Jim Webb published in 2004.

It is a personal view of the Scots-Irish in the United States. Webb maintains that Scots-Irish attitudes form the bedrock of American society, especially among the working class.

Webb's version of history has been heavily criticised by historian Michael Newton (University of North Carolina), who has called it "an example of what happens when a writer (without a proper grasp of history or the historical method) exploits Scotland and its people for his own political ends", dismissing its assertions as "narcissistic and careless in the extreme." [citation needed]

References

• https://www.academia.edu/8369585/Review_essay_of_Born_Fighting_How_the_Scots-Irish_Shaped_America