Thank you so much for your video! I needed some help on trying to understand Emerson and each part of the essay, and your explanation of the quotes was really useful

Thank you for this intelligent and critical review. I should read the book myself but I took a Public History course in college that seemed to follow the exact line of thinking in this book. But while Zinn actually states his bias, we would never look critically at the theories of the field and just accept this as objective truth. Not that there isn't a lot of factual truth here, but it does look at history a certain way.

Christopher Columbus didn’t have “adventures”. He committed mass genocide. It’s not that complex.

People are saying that this is a good counter-narrative to our current education system, the only problem being that this IS the current education system. Everything else I've learned in school compliments the ideas in this book rather than countering them. Zinn shares the same bias as the rest of the education system regarding American History.

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To those who claim that this book is "one-sided" or "doesn’t paint the full picture...." Uh, yeah, dude. I thought that was kind of the point. He says right at the very beginning that the book is heavily biased in on direction because most of American history is so heavily biaesd in the other direction. I see it as supplementary material to traditional American history that is taught in schools; one that focuses on the people that the decisions made by those in power affected rather than hyper-fixating on the decisions and powerful figures. To my knowledge (which is flawed), we're the only country that has an entire section of history dedicated to "Titans of Industry." What does that tell you?

"He seems to view a socialist uprising as a fundamentally positive force, though he seem to acknowledge socialist uprisings in the US have largely failed, and he would blame those failures on the wealthy elites in the United States" YES YES That is true. What do you think socialism is? Division of labor? Wage slavery? Yeah dude owning the means of the labor you commit is a good thing, it speaks to the humanity of the people doing the work. That's good for us. What else are you attaching to the word socialism that is bringing YOU to think that socialist uprising are BAD?????? Yes, elite power system that control the way society functions and progresses have a hand in undermining those systems. Is that too far fetched for you?

Zinn's observations on Columbus was specifically taken from people of his time period, he literally references them and tells you who they are. So why are you trying to so hard to hate this book, and your contentions are subjective. Also if you have not read anything written by Columbus or about him during his time, why are you jumping to conclusions already? I think you might be a little indoctrinated and have a hard time understanding that History is about as malleable as clay. It doesn't serve the public to understand and make connections about history which would only lead them to undermine current political systems. They don't want us to have a good idea about how these countries were shaped. Those intentions are clear within the shallow, soulless curriculums across all public school systems. Given those facts, why are we actively trying to disown alternative perspectives like Zinn? I don't see any of your contentions being relevant here, it seems you drank too much punch and are too comfortable with the "narratives" you have already adopted for yourself. Just come to the conclusion that the revolution was more internal than it was about defending our state from Britain. That's Howards perspective and he has resources to back that, and you read them. If you really think History cannot be shaped and doctored, you are probably not the best person to represent historical ideas, or digest them in any context.

This is such a fantastic book review! I wish you had posted pictures from your trip. I live far away from the US, and it would be so nice to have a visual presentation of the locations where the plot is set.

Why do people say things are the "politicization" of history when history is inherently political? I mean... It's literally just a detailed account of politics over time. I'll have to read it, though, before I can properly disagree with this specific use of the phrase. I just hear people throw around "you're politicizing this!" about things that are already political.... I would also say it's probably good to have a history book that doesn't hold up too many individual figures. I'm not saying we should never celebrate individuals, but exclusively or excessively doing so kind of masks the fact that it actually takes LOTS of people working together to make anything significant happen.

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Why doesn't he write a book like this about, Arica, or China or Israel or Islamic Invasions or even Maya, ask these people to write a book from the victims perspective. There is plenty matter to write there. Why only about the West? Its clear it was designed to destroy US and create the self hate , no wonder why the country is now falling. No wonder China prompted this book as part of its Disintegration Warfare, no wonder this dude was gifted this book in China, that is how they educate their population to hate the West.

This book is absolute propaganda and contains numerous ideas that are simply objectively wrong. Zinn wrote this because he was an anti white marxist who wanted to prop up “oppressed” individuals and push for marxism in this country.

This is how you destroy a country, you teach to hate it self. Just like a person if you teach a person to hate him/her self, that person will become a depressed suicidal disaster. As opposed to teaching confidence and strength. Books like this laid the foundation of the disaster that the US is now. Divided and self hating. Howard Zinn is laughing from Hell.

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Finally got around to reading a DFW book a few years ago and it was this one. At the end I told myself I was not going to read another one. But I'm reconsidering (not based on this review).

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B.S. What Zinn has done is highlighted for white people the the barbaric asshole this slaveocracy the U.S. was and continues to be.

thank you for the review .. im readint it right now :) .. translated to arabic.

Great review, I think you were very fair. I'm a substitute teacher and I've seen this text in classrooms.

This book was require for my American History I course at community college. I was always self aware of the politicizing of history, so this book was easy to call out for what it is. It has a LOT of truth to it but it does fall flat in terms of the narrative it was trying to go for imo. I think it deserves a 7/10

Yes this book should definitely be a read for all junior high kids Not that water down version

There’s a great vid called “we might owe Christopher Columbus an apology”. I also like Mary Grabar’s “Debunking Howard Zin”.

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I just finished this book. I agree with your rating but I like the plot, because of that final hair-brained scheme that Marquis Matsugae and Count Ayakura make up- the one with the wig, clicks with me as to how far detached from reality these nobles are, that this whole time they’ve been scheming and manipulating a byzantine system of appearances, when vast swathes of the story would’ve been averted if they didn’t and instead just reached out and grabbed hold of what they wanted. Mishima’s critique of the historic Japanese obsession with saving face and gossip was one of the best, and certainly the most hilarious parts of this book.

The only part of your summary that bothered me was that you don't seem to have a clear understanding of the difference between communism and socialism. The main difference is that under communism, most property and economic resources are owned and controlled by the state (rather than individual citizens); under socialism, all citizens share equally in economic resources as allocated by a democratically-elected government. Mr. Zinn was, as are Bernie Sanders, AOC, and myself for that matter, Democratic Socialists. Such is a perfect example of the nature of US history education that Howard Zinn addresses.

I read it years ago and I credit this book for being a big part of my political understanding. So often, It's US rah rah rah, Freedom!!! As if freedom doesn't exist anywhere else. I get a little queasy when July 4th comes around. The hyper nationalism that takes place...especially when you consider our bloody history. The genocide of American Indians an the enslavement of African Americans. Not to mention all of the other violent episodes of American history. It's just mind blowing when you truly understand the real history of our country. Excellent book.

I like the book from the view point from oppressed people and something other than American exceptionalism

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I enjoyed your review. Fitzgerald pokes fun at Dick Diver for being an intellectual dandy. Similarly he satirizes Jay Gatsby when he describes Gatsby showing Daisy all his new shirts. Both instances seem like Fitzgerald is making fun of himself for values he might still hold. To me the fight scene you refer to with first the taxi drivers and then with the police is an unraveling brought on by Rosemary's admission that she has an Italian boyfriend and Diver's realization that he does not control the relationship anymore, if he ever did...sort of like his marriage to Nicole.

Let's just face it: this country is a fraud. I've seen 52 years of first hand evidence supporting Zinn's views, and quite a lot of evidence that supports J Sakai's view that most of "white" America is a just a giant bag of shit. Capitalism is a failure, period and "white" people are shit bags... fellow Europeans simply born here who are aware of their origins and heritage who want to hand this continent back to the the natives, I can support. And your individualist bias is pitiful and typical of an American who is clueless about how he is really just a part of a whole. The entire American farce needs to come to an end. Seriously, piss on this country. It's a giant lie. The founding frauds were quite up front with their reverence for the Roman Republic, the Mother of All Shitbag nations. Viva la revolución!

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Nice introduction to Mishima but you missed a major theme that's in ALL of his writing: repressing one's homosexuality. Several of the quotations you mentioned could have been understood in this way: the description of the soft indolent boy and his description of disgust with women and heterosexual sex. The first Mishima book that I read (in 1980) was "Confessions of a Mask" which is very autobiographical and describes Mishima's struggles of coming to grips with his own homosexuality. I studied Japanese literature at Sophia University in Tokyo and here's a fun fact about Mishima's mastery of the Japanese language: most modern Japanese people cannot understand Mishima's writing because he uses kanji (Chinese characters) that are very rich with meaning but obscure and unknown even to very well educated Japanese people.

Thank you for this review. It was the first book I read of FS Fitzgerald, not my choice (read it for school) but I really enjoyed it.

Not many strong portraits? Pfff. And the Chinese are state capitalists, not communists.

i was out for a walk and i found this book in a little library project box in the neighborhood. the first third was magical, the second was unraveling, and the final was bittersweet and heartbreaking 1:48 i enjoyed fitzgeralds exploration of being a young woman. it was kind of funny to me

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This review was excellent! I watched the movie from 1961 and now I want to read the book. I suggest you continue with this channel.

Thank you for this very interesting review!

Thank you for the review. I enjoyed Gatsby very much, but I thought “Tender is the Night” was much better.

Good read man, I am majoring in History, specifically the history of California but this book was one book I had to read in one of my college courses and let me tell you, i love this book. I have read it 3 times in the past 2 years.

great book on the effects of incest (sexual abuse) trauma and its recovery, and on Diver's codependency and his need to be the most important saviour of the world, of wounded women. If only Dick and Nicole could have gone to 12-step meetings on these issues, learn more about their issues and accept taking life one day at a time, without being grandiose about themselves. And it was written 100 years ago, before we have learned a lot about these problems and recovery overcoming the problems. Yes, FSF's writing style is beautiful. In the movie BELOVED INFIDEL while he is working as a Hollywood script-writer, his director tells him, "Your writing is wonderful, but we can't film adjectives." Yet the movie TENDER IS THE NIGHT has great dialogue which conveys the complete meaning of the lyrical novel. Thanks for your review. "

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Looking forward to more reviews! I'm convinced to read all 3 books you reviewed :)