Zinnophobia offers an extended defense of the work of radical historian Howard Zinn, author of the bestselling A People's History of the United States, against his many critics. It includes a discussion of the attempt to ban Zinn's book from Indiana classrooms; a brief summary of Zinn's life and work; an analysis of Zinn's theorizing about bias and objectivity in history; and a detailed response to twenty-five of Zinn's most hostile critics, many of whom are (or were) eminent historians. 'A major contribution to bringing Zinn’s great contributions to even broader public attention, and exposing features of intellectual and political culture that are of no little interest.' Noam Chomsky
“Fascinating and deeply disturbing. I love this book. — Simon Winchester (bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman) David M. Friedman’s The Immortalists reads like riveting historical fiction but raises provocative questions about the shape of the future. — Ron Rosenbaum, best-selling author of The Shakespeare Wars and Explaining Hitler “Difficult to put down...this is the book to read.” — New York Times
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