Rushdoony did missions in American Indian tribes for eight years, and the things he saw changed his outlook on religion, politics, and family. Many Americans were pretty disenchanted with Christian theism due to their interactions with white men and women. Although they associated Christianity with white people, simply because it was the white man who first introduced it to them, they did not associate Christians to Christ. And this is the primary reason why they rejected it so strongly. A man who claims to have strong legs, but can only crawl, won't be trusted.

Rushdoony also looked at how the government has caused the American Indian tribes to die out. They literally took their land, their people, and their food against their will. The government's hand infiltrate anything that is not theirs.

This is a very easy read in terms of writing style, and helpful to combat a lot of prevalent myths about our history. It is sometimes frustrating and hard to read in the sense that it reminds or informs the reader how badly we've handled certain situations in the past.

While the chapters were edited posthumously to form a more cohesive structure, I still found the book to read more like a series of essays, and it read better once I adjusted my expectations accordingly.