| − | [[Howard Zinn]] (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an [[American]] historian, and active worker with the [[Communist Party USA]] (CPUSA) <ref>[http://www.rightsidenews.com/2010073011179/editorial/leftist-qhistorianq-howard-zinn-lied-about-red-ties/print.html Cliff Kincaid, ''Leftist "Historian" Howard Zinn Lied About Red Ties''] Friday, 30 July 2010 </ref> who is most famous for his book, ''[[A People's History of the United States]]''. The book has sold over a million copies and gives a far-left interpretation of political history. Zinn's work manifests an inability or unwillingness to engage in objective analysis, and lacks contextual considerations, and instead his presentation of history is a polemic for liberal change. Zinn was very popular with liberal elites, and his book was made into a propagandistic film,"The People Speak", which the History Channel carried on cable television. | + | [[Howard Zinn]] (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was a [[Communist]]<ref>[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/vernon/100809 Howard Zinn: Communist liar]</ref> who is most famous for his book, ''[[A People's History of the United States]]''. The book has sold over a million copies and gives a far-left interpretation of political history. Zinn's work manifests an inability or unwillingness to engage in objective analysis, and lacks contextual considerations, and instead his presentation of history is a polemic for liberal change. Zinn was very popular with liberal elites, and his book was made into a propagandistic film, "The People Speak", which the History Channel carried on cable television. |
| | Historian and author John Fea of Messiah College states that, | | Historian and author John Fea of Messiah College states that, |