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Sep 06, 2023Luckybe rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A most depressing version of America’s history told from the perspective of individuals impacted by various actions taken beginning in Jamestown and through Bush’s war on terrorism.. There is no doubt this version of history is as true as…
Nov 17, 2022TODD MICHAEL HUBER rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Some of these comments here are amazingly ridiculous and are obviously completely rhetorical nonsense written by people who did not even read the book. Anyone who reads this would understand how much a person would have to love our country…
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Oct 06, 2022brenda2013 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
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Sep 10, 2022
Master Conspiracy Theorist.
Aug 01, 2022Joshdduke rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Required reading.
Mar 18, 2021StarGladiator rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Years ago I tactfully and respectfully requested of Zinn some sources on his comments in one of his books on President John F. Kennedy and his administration (ALL lies). He had none! What a farce --- to promote fake history based solely…
Jan 30, 2021GeneralAmerica rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The right wing nuts are going crazy about this book. LOL Truth hurts! A previous reviewer commented about Mary Grabar. She is another propaganda spreader for the alt-right. She is pushing to censor books! I thought the right was…
Dec 18, 2020
Begin: 1492 End: 2000 Period: Spanish America => 20th Century Subject: America
Nov 24, 2020
Any book that brings the nationalist dweebs out in droves to drop half-star reviews is a book worth reading cover to cover.
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Oct 19, 2020sdkeithk rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Search youtube for Mary Graber The Influence of Howard Zinn’s. She does a good job of laying it out. It doesn't have anything to do with being a "Trump supporter" as one review supposes. History is about being factual, and Zinn is anything…
Sep 08, 2020terriamwalsh rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
While I appreciate Zinn telling history from a different perspective than the standard litany of elections, wars, etc., I found it a bit meandering and disjointed. As someone who is not well steeped in history, it was not as easy to…
Aug 17, 2020hallsan rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
History is like sitting for a portrait with full makeup and only seeing the "good side." That portrait is you, true, but it's also not the everyday you. It's not the business casual or the relaxed you. It's usually you at your most…
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Aug 16, 2020goldfrapp rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
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Jun 29, 2020janemarek rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
As a lifelong history reader and history student, I read this book twice and each time my reaction was the same. It's a dishonest, malignant, ignorant work of a talented propagandist and plagiarist, not a historian. He's got an ax to grind…
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May 31, 2020red_dog_14987 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
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May 31, 2020mustang351c rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Prog/Commie drivel. Zinn's polluting book is not really history. It distorts facts, deliberately misquotes sources, leaves out critical information, and plagiarizes disreputable sources.
Apr 16, 2020hollisters rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
A socialist history book that is completely misleading and poison about what is true about American history.
Dec 05, 2019
" the cia had introduced african swine flu virus into cuba, in 1971, bringing disease and slaughter to 500,000 pigs. a cia operative told a reporter he delivered the virus from an army base in the canal zone to anti-castro cubans......the…
Oct 04, 2019peacebenow rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I read this book slowly over several months as the subject matter is often daunting. In my opinion, the history discussed is most relevant and important for everyone to appreciate and understand. It is not the history I learned in school…
Sep 15, 2019vopal rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A great book for anyone, but especially for those interested in history and people's movements. Very inspiring.
Jun 07, 2019
Zinn teaches history from a more rounded perspective, and it's clear he is invested in telling the truth without judgment. I read this book in my freshman year in college, and I'm grateful to the professor who assigned it because I had…
Apr 16, 2019pfsheckarski rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Essential.
Mar 19, 2019ksolnit rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
If you want to read a version of American history from a socialist point of view, where there were NO good presidents, Congresses, or Supreme Courts, where every decision was made in the interests of Big Business at the expense of the…
Mar 11, 20194536o rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
History, it is said, is written by the victors. In the case of the U.S., that would be the economic elites. Zinn offers a stunning alternative, a history written from the perspective of the average citizen. If you want to be shocked out of…
Nov 26, 2018AaronAardvark1940 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
When I returned to college, the only non-major class required for graduation was a semester of American history. Halfway through the turgid assigned text, I decided that the book told me very little that my high school history hadn’t…