Anne S. (tinyinkling) reviewed on 9/29/2014 + 17 more book reviews

"The winners write the history books" says the old adage. Howard Zinn sets out to correct that truism with regard to American History in this book. He takes the minority/losing point of view each of several turning points in American History -- settling the original colonies, the antebellum period, the Civil War, westward expansion, the industrial revolution, the wars of the 20th century and so on up through the Clinton presidency.

It's incomplete as it assumes you've been educated in the victor's version of these stories, but it adds color and depth to one's knowledge of history and gives you a better understanding of tensions in American culture today.

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