Terrorism and War

HOWARD ZINN’ s (1922– 2010) great subject isn’ t war, but peace. After his experience as a bombardier in World War II, he became convinced that there could be no such thing as a “ just war, ” as the vast majority of modern warfare’ s victims are made up of innocent civilians. In his books, including A People’ s History of the United States and its companion volume, Voices of a People’ s History of the United States, Zinn affirms the power of the masses to influence major events. Through a lifetime of pointed scholarship and principled civil disobedience, he has led and continues to lead generations in the ways of peace.