The Concise Untold History of the United States

The Concise Untold History of the United States

A companion to Oliver Stoneâ€™s ten-part documentary series of the same name, this guide offers a peopleâ€™s history of the American Empire: â€œa critical overview of US foreign policyâ€¦indispensableâ€ (former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev); â€œbrilliant, a masterpiece!â€ (Daniel Ellsberg); â€œOliver Stoneâ€™s new book is as riveting, eye-opening, and thought-provoking as any history book you will ever read. It achieves what history, at its best, ought to do: presents a mountain of previously unknown facts that makes you question and re-examine many of your long-held assumptions about the most influential eventsâ€ (Glenn Greenwald).

In November 2012, Showtime debuted a ten-part documentary series based on Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznickâ€™s The Untold History of the United States. The book and documentary looked back at human events that, at the time, went underreported, but also crucially shaped Americaâ€™s unique and complex history over the twentieth century.

From the atomic bombing of Japan to the Cold War and fall of Communism, this concise version of the larger book is adapted for the general reader. Complete with poignant photos, arresting illustrations, and little-known documents, The Concise Untold History of the United States covers the rise of the American empire and national security state from the late nineteenth century through the Obama administration, putting it all together to show how deeply rooted the seemingly aberrant policies of the Bush-Cheney administration are in the nationâ€™s past and why it has proven so difficult for Obama to change course.

In this concise and indispensible guide, Kuznick and Stone (who Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills has called Americaâ€™s own â€œDostoevsky behind a cameraâ€) challenge prevailing orthodoxies to reveal the dark truth about the rise and fall of American imperialism.
Country USA
Brand Gallery Books
Manufacturer Gallery Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2014-10-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476791661

Country	USA
Brand	Gallery Books
Manufacturer	Gallery Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate	2014-10-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476791661

The Concise Untold History of the United States

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