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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... told the public the United States was not responsible for the 1961 invasion of Cuba , although in fact the invasion had been organized by the CIA . The escalation of the war in Vietnam started with a set of lies - in August 1964 - about ...
... told , “ I still think that if you could overcome the aversion you have to the courts of princes , you might do a great deal of good to mankind by the advice that you would give . " Raphael replies , " If I were at the court of some ...
... told , they should be told by subordinate officials . " It goes on to suggest " that someone other than the President make the final decision and do so in his absence - someone whose head can later be placed on the block if things go ...
... told the Atomic Energy Commission , most people accepted . " This sense of excitement , of devotion and of patriotism in the end prevailed . " However , the physicist I. I. Rabi , asked by Oppenheimer to be his associate director at Los ...
... told Stimson he opposed use of the bomb because the Japanese were ready to surrender . Eisenhower later recalled , " I hated to see our country be the first to use such a weapon . ' " 55 General Hap Arnold , head of the army air force ...
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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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