In this riveting companion to their astonishing documentary series-including a new chapter and new photos covering Obama’s second term, Trump’s first year and a half, climate change, nuclear winter, Korea, Russia, Iran, China, Lybia, ISIS, Syria, and more-Academy Award–winning director Oliver Stone and renowned historian Peter Kuznick challenge prevailing orthodoxies to reveal the dark truth about the rise and fall of American imperialism. The New York Times bestselling companion to the Showtime documentary series now streaming on Netflix, updated to cover the past five years.Ī PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
“A work of courage, wisdom, and compassion will stand the test of time….A fierce critique and a passionate paean for Stone and Kuznick’s native land.” -Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, author of The Thistle and the Drone “Kuznick and Stone’s Untold History is the most important historical narrative of this century a carefully researched and brilliantly rendered account.” -Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of American Prometheus
“Finally, a book with the guts to challenge the accepted narrative of recent American history.” -Bill Maher “As riveting, eye-opening, and thought-provoking as any history book you will ever read.Can’t recommend it highly enough.” -Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian “Indispensable…There is much here to reflect upon.” -President Mikhail Gorbachev In The Untold History of the United States, their mate to the Showtime television series, filmmaker Oliver Stone and collaborator Peter Kuzniak have re-told American history since World War II to show America a far less generous and wonderful country than you may have learned in your grade school, high school or college history courses.
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