This book links distrust in government to Yossarian's quote in Catch-22 about how the enemy is anyone who would get you killed. The Whig Intelligencer's assessment "we take nothing by conquest, thank God" titles this book's chapter on the Mexican-Ame
This book links distrust in government to Yossarian's quote in Catch-22 about how the enemy is anyone who would get you killed. The Whig Intelligencer's assessment "we take nothing by conquest, thank God" titles this book's chapter on the Mexican-American War. Oscar Handlin's influential review of this book lambasted its selective use of secondary sources. It recounts a (*) Native American GI weeping upon repeating the phrase "as long as grass grows and water runs" from Andrew Jackson's address to the Choctaw. This book argues that the selection of people and events in historical writing, such as venerating Columbus, justifies social power structures. For 10 points, name this book that purports to tell American history from the title oppressed group's perspective, by Howard Zinn.
This book links distrust in government to Yossarian's quote in Catch-22 about how the enemy is anyone who would get you killed.
A People's History of the United States, 1492-Present