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A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)

A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)
By Howard Zinn

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Think you know about American history? Think again: Everything you were taught in public school is a lie. Howard Zinn's book sets the record straight by telling the truth about the Civil Rights movement, the genocide committed against American Indians, and much more. If you want to know what REALLY happened in U.S. history (and not the usualy B.S. spouted by the establishment), read this book! - Mike

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #206 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-08-01
  • Released on: 2005-08-02
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 768 pages

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Socialist Propaganda1
Only avowed Socialists would find this propaganda book intellectually honest. If you're in college right now you'll probably run into this book in one of your courses; if so you know your professor is a loon and you're better off dropping the course immediately.

Hate speech1
In an important recent article (9 September 2008) by Ian Jobling entitled `What is Leukophobia?", Howard Zinn's book is analyzed from the point of view of the stereotypes it is based on and which it fuels. These are:

Stereotype #1: Whites are greedy; non-whites are communal and generous
Stereotype #2: Whites are hierarchical and authoritarian; non-whites are egalitarian and libertarian
Stereotype #3: Whites are violent; non-whites are peaceful
Stereotype #4: Non-whites live in harmony with the natural world; whites exploit and destroy it
Stereotype #5: The white establishment is unwaveringly racist and has never behaved generously towards non-whites
Stereotype #6: Injustice flows in one direction only--from whites to non-whites
Stereotype #7: All of non-whites' problems are due to whites
Stereotype #8: Western culture has not resulted in any positive achievement.

This sounds like a tedious rehash of the poison coming from the Frankfurt School, the ADL, the SPC and other hate organizations in their attempt to destroy Western culture. Perhaps this book, to appreciate the full extent of its political agenda, should be read in conjunction with Kevin MacDonald's Culture of Critique and Rabbi Emanuel Rabinovitch speech, delivered in Budapest, on the 12th of January, 1952 before the "Emergency Council of European Rabbi".

"A People's History fo the Unites States" is not research, it's hate speech.

A biased and inaccurate history1
This book presents a biased and inaccurate history of the US. In Zinn's eyes America is the source of evil in the world. This is historical revisionism and political correctness at its worst. The fact that this is used as a text in many schools is evidence of the anti-American bias of academia. Instead of this, I would recommend "A Patriot's History of the United States" by Schweikart.