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The Bomb by Howard Zinn

nycjay24_'s review against another edition

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dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

lily1304's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective

5.0


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buttontapper's review against another edition

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5.0

You can read my review of this excellent book online at Black Heart Magazine: http://blackheartmagazine.com/2010/09/01/the-bomb-by-howard-zinn/

adreamofhome's review against another edition

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emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

ninomagro's review against another edition

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Un petit livre sur la guerre, plus précisement sur l'inutilité des bombardements... Howard Zinn prend ici deux exemples : les bombes de Hiroshima et Nagasaki, et le bombardement de Royans en 1945, dont il a lui même fait partie... Combien de personnes sont mortes pour qu'un général puisse avoir une médaille supplémentaire ? Combien pour tester une nouvelle arme ? Combien pour montrer aux autres qui sont les plus forts ? Officiellement, zéro. On modifie l'histoire à l'avantage des vainqueurs. C'est bien ça le problème.

clarajane's review against another edition

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5.0

Informative and thought-provoking.

christinalepre's review against another edition

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2.0

Eh. From the publisher's writeup, I thought this would be more of a personal account of Zinn's experiences as a WWII bombardier, but he hardly reflects upon his own involvement and instead just lectures about why bombs are bad and the history surrounding the atomic bombs dropped in Japan (in a repurposed essay), and then about the history of the bombing he was personally involved with, in Royan, France. Not as interesting as I'd hoped.
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