Born Fighting

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Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America 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, who has called it "an example of what happens when a writer exploits Scotland and its people for his own political ends", dismissing its assertions as "narcissistic and careless in the extreme."