A People's History of American Empire by Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, Paul Buhle
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Book Summary Author: Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, Paul Buhle Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 2008-04-01 ISBN: 0805087443 Number of pages: 288 Publisher: Metropolitan Books |
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Book Reviews of the A People's History of American Empire
Customer Review: Advocacy History
Summary: 1 Stars
A quick read of the prolog will let the reader know the viewpoint of the author. It is a shame this book is for sale in the history section of booksellers rather than current events or, even better, religion. The book's intention is to advocate the case for and possibility of a permanent end to war.
Conflict has been a part of human society from the beginning. Any objective historian understands this simple fact. Humans have not evolved past warfare either: witness the 20th century - the bloodiest century in human history. You can see anger, selfishness and fear displayed in the faces of babies and toddlers. Watch any political contest, even between the most "leftwardly evolved" leaders and you'll see they will do whatever it takes to defeat their fellow human.
The reason why this book has an audience is due to the sheer success the United States has enjoyed in warfare and its ability to maintain a formidable military. It appears that the lack of violence on the scale of World War II would indicate that we have perhaps turned the corner on our violent past and overcome our nature. Those who would initiate further conflicts are holdovers from the past that have yet to die out.
Sadly, those who believe human society has evolved past warfare don't seem to be able to point to the cause of this evolution. Nor can they answer the question what are the "evolved" to do when they live with, and are perhaps outnumbered, by the non-evolved?
Those with experience dealing with spoiled children can see the same mental and emotional processes at work. A spoiled child cannot imagine doing tasks that their parents do for them. Many will tell you that's something for parents to do or that they can't do it. Some can't even imagine doing it. They feel they are better than those children who have to do those tasks and look down on them.
Howard Zinn and his choir are simply the spoiled children and the U.S. government is the parent. He and is ilk will be quickly forgotten along with the rest of history's pacifists once the parent is no longer able to take care of them.
My concern is for those semi-educated public school teachers who see a "history book" in graphic novel format and seize upon selected articles to share with their students without any idea that the book is preaching a particular viewpoint.