Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and JusticeHarper Collins, 17 juni 2003 - 368 sidor From the bestselling author of A People's History of the United States comes this selection of passionate, honest, and piercing essays looking at American political ideology. Howard Zinn brings to Passionate Declarations the same astringent style and provocative point of view that led more than a million people to buy his book A People's History of the United States. He directs his critique here to what he calls "American orthodoxies" -- that set of beliefs guardians of our culture consider sacrosanct: justifications for war, cynicism about human nature and violence, pride in our economic system, certainty of our freedom of speech, romanticization of representative government, confidence in our system of justice. Those orthodoxies, he believes, have a chilling effect on our capacity to think independently and to become active citizens in the long struggle for peace and justice. |
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... ( Congress and the Supreme Court ) go sheepishly along . There is the same limited choice in public policy . During the Viet- nam War , the argument for a long time was between those who wanted a total bombing of Indochina and those who ...
... Congress . Reagan and Vice President Bush denied involvement , although the evidence pointed very strongly to their participation.1 Instead of impeaching them , however , Congress put their emissaries on the witness stand , and later ...
... Congress as well as to the New York Times . When the Times , in a journalistic sensation , began printing this " top - secret " document , Ellsberg was arrested and put on trial . The counts against him could have brought a prison ...
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FOUR The Use and Abuse of History | 48 |
The American Class System | 147 |
Second Thoughts on the First Amendment | 182 |
The Black Experience | 231 |
ELEVEN The Ultimate Power | 278 |
NOTES | 303 |
INDEX | 333 |
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