Passionate Declarations
Essays on War and Justice
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · December 22, 2009
“A shotgun blast of revisionism that aims to shatter all the comfortable myths of American political discourse.” — Los Angeles Times 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.
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- Who it’s for
- Passionate, essay-driven reflections that mix conviction with close political thought.
- Genres
- Political Commentary, Political Writing, Radical Politics
- Published
- HarperCollins, December 22, 2009
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“A shotgun blast of revisionism that aims to shatter all the comfortable myths of American political discourse.” — Los Angeles Times 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.
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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.
War, Justice, Heat
Passionate, essay-driven reflections that mix conviction with close political thought.
Come here for
- essays on war and justice
- layered political argument, clearly felt
Expect
- nonfiction momentum
- history meeting worldview
Where it sits
| Political Commentary | 44% |
|---|---|
| Political Writing | 36% |
| Radical Politics | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- U.S. Military History
- U.S. History
- 20th-Century America
- World History
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- History Writing
- Social History
- International Law
- Philosophy Overviews
- Authors
- Howard Zinn
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- December 22, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- U.S. Military History