商品簡介
This collection of 35 essays by leftist historian and political activist Zinn (emeritus, Boston U.) touches upon themes that will be familiar to fans of his People's History of the United States and other writings, particularly the enduring power of people's movements to resist government violence and oppression, the illegitimacy of war, and the lessons of history for the political activists of today. Among the topics covered in the essays are the Seattle General Strike of 1919, class conflict in early American history, the unlearned lessons of the Hiroshima bomb, criticism of the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Henry David Thoreau and civil disobedience, the late Catholic priest and antiwar activist Philip Berrigan, and immigration. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Howard Zinn served as an air force bombardier in WWII, and afterward received his doctorate in history from Columbia University. He is author of A Power Governments Cannot Suppress, and the million-selling classic, A People's History of the United States.
