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> Its an accurate generalization
I'm American, and I don't have that view. So it's clearly not literally true.
So perhaps you mean that it's "mostly" true. Then I'd ask, what evidence do you have to support that? Is there some poll of public opinion you can refer to? That's something we could meaningfully discuss.
Here's one for you: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/vincent-bevins/the-...
We've been discussing whether or not certain views are held by nearly 100% of current Americans.
IIUC, that book focuses on evils done by the US government in 1965. I'm not seeing the connection.