review for A people's history of the United States
What is behind the glorious appearance of the history of the United States? Howard Zinn provided the readers an answer to that question in his book, A People's History of the United States. Different from the textbooks that were always praising how great a country America is. A People's history of the United States gave the readers a brief idea on the cost behind the surface, the lives and people that were lost or forgotten, and the unjustness that was put on various groups of people. Zinn's description of the history of the United States came from a very biased perspective. He wrote down history with an attitude that changed the original facts that would mislead his readers. He wanted his readers to know what facts came before the greatness of America was achieved. How the country was formed from destroying numberless Indian tribes, the discrimination towards the Indians and the colored people and women, and the war that was actually started by the United States with Mexico and taken half of it's country. Americans who took high school history and people in the rest of the world who took world history always looked at these events in a way that the US government only did what they did to accomplish a positive goal. But Zinn sa
While a lot of the hidden truth was introduced to the readers, Zinn ignored a lot of the positive goals the United States government had accomplished in the past years. He strictly criticized the whole history of the United States not remembering there must be some sacrifices behind every success. When America did become the first world power both economically and politically, maybe all the so-called facts in Zinn's book are allow to be covered by the glory that was gained? In the past history, the soldiers that lost their lives in great wars were seldom remembered, sometimes, only the glories were been passed on. Zinn took every little detail in people's lives too seriously, forgetting that all of these aren't important to the history of this world. The great accomplishments that the United States have made both economically and politically were totally ignored by Zinn. Reading this book as a foreigner living the United States, the book was a disappointment. Although knowing that there must be some truth hiding behind the textbooks, but the United States had always been a symbol of respect of human rights and freedom. Knowing that the glory of the United States came from stepping on its people body and blood did not help to live in this country and respect it. There were always people talking about how great it would be living in the United States in Asia. Some people even got so fascinated in the culture that the United States had developed in its 200-year history that these people had no respect left for their own country. United States' prosperity, the freedom its people owns, had always been a goal that most countries are trying to reach. This book would totally disappointment for people that thought the United States would
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Approximate Word count = 1175
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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