Howard Zinn or Paul Johnson: Which Author's Story Makes Better Sense of the History of the United States?

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject History - America, grade: 1,0, , course: U.S. History: From World War II to Present, language: English, abstract: This essay addresses the following scenario: You are a staffer for NCHE (National Council on History Education). The Board of Trustees has directed NCHE staff to submit proposals for books that could provide the basis for a national conversation on American history. Preliminary discussions have narrowed the choices down to either Howard Zinn's "e;A People's History of the United States"e; or Paul Johnson's "e;A History of the American People"e;. The NCHE Board wants a recommendation from you. Your memo should summarize the different "e;stories"e; told by each historian, comparing and contrasting them, and make a case for why you think one book would be a better choice than the other.