American history told from the bottom up by Howard Zinn himself&mdashand the perfect allages introduction to his eyeopening viewpoint, published on Zinn&rsquos hundredth birthdayTruth Has a Power of Its Own is an engrossing collection of conversations with the late Howard Zinn and &ldquoan eloquently hopeful introduction for those who haven&rsquot yet encountered Zinn&rsquos work&rdquo (Booklist). Here is an unvarnished, yet ultimately optimistic, tour of American history&mdashtold by someone who was often an active participant in it. Viewed through the lens of Zinn&rsquos own life as a soldier, historian, and activist and using his paradigmshifting A People&rsquos History of the United States as a point of departure, these conversations explore the American Revolution, the Civil War, the labor battles of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, U.S. imperialism from the Indian Wars to the War on Terrorism, World Wars I and II, the Cold War, and the fight for equality and immigrant rights&mdashall from an unapologetically radical standpoint. Longtime admirers and a new generation of readers alike will be fascinated to learn about Zinn&rsquos thought processes, rationale, motivations, and approach to his nowiconic historical work. Zinn&rsquos humane (and often humorous) voice&mdashalong with his keen moral vision&mdashshine through every one of these lively and thoughtprovoking conversations. Battles over the telling of our history still rage across the country, and...

Binding: Paperback;240 pages; Publisher: The New Press; Classification: JPA; Weight: 350 g; Dimensions: 125 x 181 x 21

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