Truth--as Zinn shows us in the interviews that make up Terrorism and
War--has indeed been the first casualty of war, starting from the
beginnings of American empire in the Spanish-American War. But war has
many other casualties, he argues, including civil liberties on the home
front and human rights abroad. In Terrorism and War, Zinn explores the
growth of the American empire, as well as the long tradition of
resistance in this country to U.S. militarism, from Eugene Debs and the
Socialist Party during World War One to the opponents of U.S. military
intervention in Afghanistan today.