Howard Zinn on War is a collection of twenty-six short writings chosen by the author to represent his thinking on a subject that concerned and fascinated him throughout his career. He reflects on the wars against Iraq, the war in Kosovo, the Vietnam War, World War II, and on the meaning of war generally in a world of nations that can’t seem to stop destroying each other. These readings appeared first in magazines and newspapers including the Progressive and the Boston Globe, as well as in Zinn’s books, Failure to Quit, Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal, The Politics of History, and Declarations of Independence. [Publisher’s description.]
Published by Seven Stories Press, 2001; updated 2013.
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Table of Contents
Introduction by Marilyn B. Young • p. 7
- The Force of Nonviolence (1962) • p. 11
- Vietnam: A Matter of Perspective (1967) • p. 29
- Of Fish and Fishermen (1967) • p. 39
- A Speech for LBJ (1967) • p. 49
- Dow Shalt Not Kill (1967) • p. 57
- Aggressive Liberalism (1970) • p. 67
- The Bombing of Royan (1970) • p. 83
- The Curious Chronology of the Mayaguez Incident (1975) • p. 101
- The CIA, Rockefeller, and the Boys in the Club (1975) • p. 105
- Whom Will We Honor on Memorial Day? (1976) • p. 109
- What Did Richard Nixon Learn? (1985) • p. 113
- Just and Unjust War (1990) • p. 119
- Machiavellian Realism and U.S. Foreign Policy: Means and Ends (1991) • p. 169
- Terrorism Over Tripoli (1993) • p. 199
- The Massacres of History (1998) • p. 205
- Bombing Iraq (1998) • p. 213
- Saving Private Ryan (1998) • p. 217
- Remembering a War (1998) • p. 221
- A Diplomatic Solution (1999) • p. 225
- Their Atrocities and Ours (1999) • p. 229
- One Iraqi’s Story (1999) • p. 237
- The Case Against War in Iraq (2002) • p. 241
