"Indispensable... There is much here to reflect upon." --President
Mikhail Gorbachev
"As riveting, eye-opening, and thought-provoking as any history book
you will ever read. . . . Can't recommend it highly enough." --Glenn
Greenwald, The Guardian
"Finally, a book with the guts to challenge the accepted narrative of
recent American history." --Bill Maher
The New York Times bestselling companion to the Showtime documentary
series now streaming on Netflix, updated to cover the past five years.
A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
In this riveting companion to their astonishing documentary
series--including a new chapter covering Obama's second term, Trump's
first year and a half, climate change, nuclear winter, Korea, Russia,
Iran, China, Lybia, ISIS, Syria, and more--Academy Award-winning
director Oliver Stone and renowned historian Peter Kuznick challenge
prevailing orthodoxies to reveal the dark truth about the rise and fall
of American imperialism.