The Twentieth Century: A People's HistoryHarper Collins, 2009 M10 13 - 512 páginas “Professor Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history....[His] chapter on Vietnam—bringing to life once again the fire-free zones, secret bombings, massacres, and cover-ups—should be required reading.”—New York Times Book Review Containing just the Twentieth Century chapters from Howard Zinn’s bestselling A People’s History of the United States, this reissue is brought up-to-date with coverage of events and developments since 2001, analyzing such incidents in modern political history such as the Gulf War, the post-Cold War “peace dividend,” and the continuing debate over welfare, the Clinton presidency, and the “war on terrorism.” Highlighting not just the usual terms of presidential administrations and congressional activities, this book provides readers with a “bottom-to-top” perspective, giving voice to our nation’s minorities and letting the stories of such groups as African Americans, women, Native Americans, and the laborers of all nationalities be told in their own words. Challenging traditional interpretations of U.S. history, The Twentieth Century is the book for readers interested in gaining a more realistic and complete picture of our world." |
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... Cubans , the conquest of the Philippines as seen by black soldiers on Luzon , the Gilded Age as seen by southern farmers , the First World War as seen by socialists , the Second World War as seen by pacifists , the New Deal as seen by ...
... Cuba ) , shows 103 interventions in the affairs of other countries between 1798 and 1895. A sampling from the list , with the exact descrip- tion given by the State Department : 1852-53 - Argentina . Marines were landed and maintained ...
... Cuba ... will become a necessity .... The great nations are rapidly absorbing for their future expansion and their present defense all the waste places of the earth . It is a movement which makes for civilization and the advancement of ...
... Cuba . By 1898 , Cuban rebels had been fighting their Spanish conquerors for three years in an attempt to win independence . By that time , it was possible to create a national mood for intervention . It seems that the business ...
... Cuba in 1898. Businessmen had been interested , from the start of the Cuban revolt against Spain , in the effect on commercial pos- sibilities there . There already was a substantial economic interest in the island , which President ...
Contenido
45634 | 77 |
SELFHELP IN HARD TIMES | 99 |
VIETNAM | 213 |
8 | 278 |
UNDER CONTROL? | 301 |
THE BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS | 328 |
THE UNREPORTED RESISTANCE | 376 |
THE COMING REVOLT | 413 |
THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY | 426 |
THE 2000 ELECTION | 466 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 476 |
INDEX | 489 |
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