The film was particularly notable for single-handedly making [[Howard Zinn]]'s anti-American textbook ''A People's History of the United States'' widespread and required reading for high school and university-level history courses, due to Matt Damon's character telling Robin William's character "You wanna read a ''real'' history book, read Howard Zinn’s ''People’s History of the United States''. That book’ll f**kin’ knock you on your ass.” | The film was particularly notable for single-handedly making [[Howard Zinn]]'s anti-American textbook ''A People's History of the United States'' widespread and required reading for high school and university-level history courses, due to Matt Damon's character telling Robin William's character "You wanna read a ''real'' history book, read Howard Zinn’s ''People’s History of the United States''. That book’ll f**kin’ knock you on your ass.” |