
American historian Howard Zinn's book "A People's History of the United States", set off waves of controversy between readers who loved his truthfulness in describing our nation's past and other readers who were dismayed by his writings. How could one historian be praised by one group and condemned by the other? Is there a way to both appreciate and criticize Zinn's school of historiography? "Howard Zinn: A Critique" explores possible answers to this question.