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It’s tempting and easy to consider one interpretation of American history an unequivocal fact. A thorough reading of Howard Zinn??s "A People’s History of the United States" can make a lasting impression on the reader’s sense of the past. However, this is but a singular lens through which to view a very abstract construct. Someone studying the more conservative interpretation offered by Larry Schweikart’s "A Patriot’s History of the United States" will hold a countervailing perspective on the events that shaped this...
...name “Harvard” might pressure a freshman to study hard and join 17 extracurricular activities (and 23 more email lists). Certainly, each writer’s most famous accomplishments are worth writing about, but what about the fascinating, lesser known ones? What about Zinn??s plays, Salinger’s book that was made into a movie—"Foolish Heart"—and the novel that Auchincloss wrote while still at Yale...
...weekly average of 60 to 80, Cambridge Forum Board President Ann Daily said. “He’s just such an icon,” she said of Zinn. One of the listeners was William C. Quinn ’10, a professed fan of Zinn??s work, who nonetheless did not wholly agree with the historian. “I love Howard Zinn, but sometimes I think there’s a bit of a disconnect,” said Quinn. “You need to have people who are pragmatic in accomplishing...
...Reading Zinn??s transcript in “Global Values 101,” his enthusiasm for participating in a Harvard discussion is apparent. One of the questions posed to Zinn is whether military force is sometimes necessary for humanitarian goals; the students allude to Rwanda and Kosovo...
...Zinn??s immediate response is that it is a good question, and the very definition of a good question is “one that you cannot answer...