The Untold History of the United States
$59.17
- Paperback
784 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2013
Summary
This is not history for history’s sake, however - this is the history of our present and future, long beyond cold war, into war on terror, war on drugs’ - Ed Vulliamy, Guardian
The Untold History of the United States is filmmaker Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick’s riveting landmark account of the rise and decline of the American empire - the most powerful and dominant nation the world has ever seen. Probing the dark corners of the administrations of 17 presidents, from Woodrow…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091949310 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091949319 |
| Author: | Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 784 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2013 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 37mm |
| Series: | Ebury Press |
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Critics Review
Kuznick and Stone’s Untold History is the most important historical narrative of this century
Kuznick and Stone’s Untold History is the most important historical narrative of this century – Martin J. Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of * American Prometheus *
It’s compulsive reading: brilliant, a masterpiece – Daniel Ellsberg, author of * Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers *
Finally, a book with the guts to challenge the accepted narrative of recent American history – Bill Maher
There is much here to reflect upon… indispensable – Mikhail Gorbachev
It’s compulsive reading: brilliant, a masterpiece – Daniel Ellsberg, author of * Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers *
About The Author
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone has won numerous Academy Awards for his work on such iconic films as Platoon, Wall Street, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Natural Born Killers, Salavador and W.
Peter Kuznick is a Professor of History and the director of the award-winning Nuclear Studies Institute at American University and is currently serving his third term as distinguished lecturer with the Organisation of American Historians. He has written extensively about science and politics, nuclear history and Cold War culture.
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