I got it and that makes perfect sense. A logical reaction to a governmental act empowered by a technology that had not been completely debugged.
Great!
Several folks in my dept. use that text, and they seem to be surviving.
I use Henretta's "America's History" 5e. Neither are perfect, but it's only the text. You can easily say "the text is great except for this section, ....." when you get there or to a part that you find troublesome.
There will never be a perfect textbook, that's why we have history professors!