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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... from the war . Kiss- inger looked at the possibilities and crossed that one off before giving the list to President Richard Nixon . In debates on the military budget there are heated arguments 2 PASSIONATE DECLARATIONS.
Essays on War and Justice Howard Zinn. In debates on the military budget there are heated arguments about whether to spend $ 300 billion or $ 290 billion . A proposal to spend $ 100 billion ( thus making $ 200 billion available for human ...
... military power to stop communism and promote democ- racy . " " If you want to get things changed , the only way is to go through the proper channels . ” " We need nuclear weapons to prevent war . " " There is much injustice in the world ...
... military affairs to the government of Florence , one of the great Italian cities of that time . After fourteen years of service , a change of government led to his dismissal , and he spent the rest of his life in exile in the ...
... military operations in the Vietnam War , conducted a brutal campaign that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of ... military advisers are attached to the Sonsonate armed forces . . . . The episode contains all the unchanging elements of ...
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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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