pynchon-l-digest V2 #1130

[Jon Clay]

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>Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 17:44:07 -0600
>From: Spencer Thiel <spen at fictiondepartment.com>
>Subject: Re: Zinn
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>At 2:34 PM -0800 2/24/00, Brian Antonak wrote:
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> > So I was wondering, is there a similar -- in terms of length and
> >viewpoint -- volume on modern European or Asian history?
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>Try _A History of the Modern World_ by Palmer and Colton.  I've only read
>the jacket, but that might be up your alley.
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>Also try _History of the American People_ by Paul Johnson, or anything by
>Noam Chomsky.  Another must-read is _The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich_
>by William L. Shirer.
>
>You might try using a site like amazon.com or any other book site that can
>give recommendations based on your liking of a specific book.  Not sure how
>well this works, but I've discovered a couple things here and there.
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>Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 21:21:17 -0600
>From: JBFRAME at aol.com
>Subject: Re: Zinn
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>In a message dated 02/24/2000 3:45:02 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>spen at fictiondepartment.com writes:
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><< Also try _History of the American People_ by Paul Johnson >>
>Anything by Paul Johnson would be 180° opposed to anything Howard Zinn 
>would
>write.  Johnson is what I would call an extremely reactionary idealogue.
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>jbf
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If this is the same, English, Paul Johnson who writes for the Daily Mail, 
and who The Guardian diary refers to with crashing sarcasm as "my sane and 
rational friend", the bloke is a real hard-right raving idiot.
And back to lurking. Probably.
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