Zinn is extra credit for people that actually know history. He says it right in the preface, it's one-sided, it's the history that is generally left out of your textbooks. You guys have your panties in a bunch over anything that challenges your hierarchical worldview.

As stated

> Not that the United States is above criticism

I'd be the first to admit that, for all its virtues, the U.S. Constitution (almost) completely blew off foreign policy.

High time to re-think that, instead of letting unelected pencil-necks spread woe globally.