History As Mystery Michael Parenti by Michael Parenti 9780872863576, 0872863573 instant download after payment.

In a lively challenge to mainstream history, Michael Parenti does battle with a number of mass-marketed historical myths. He shows how history's victors distort & suppress the documentary record in order to perpetuate their power & privilege. And he demonstrates how historians are influenced by the professional & class environment in which they work. 

Pursuing themes ranging from antiquity to modern times, from the Inquisition & Joan of Arc to the anti-labor bias of present-day history books, History as Mystery demonstrates how past & present can inform each other & how history can be a truly exciting & engaging subject.

"Michael Parenti, always provocative & eloquent, gives us a lively as well as valuable critique of orthodoxy posing as ‘history.’"—Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States

"Deserves to become an instant classic." —Bertell Ollman, author of Dialectical Investigations

Those who keep secret the past, & lie about it, condemn us to repeat it. Michael Parenti unveils the history of falsified history, from the early Christian church to the present: a fascinating, darkly revelatory tale." —Daniel Ellsberg, author of The Pentagon Papers

"Solid if surely controversial stuff."—Kirkus

Michael Parenti, PhD Yale, is an internationally known author & lecturer. He is one of the nation's leadiing progressive political analysts. He is the author of over 275 published articles & twenty books, including Against Empire, Dirty Truths, & Blackshirts & Reds. His writings are published in popular periodicals, scholarly journals, & his op-ed pieces have been in leading newspapers such as the New York Times & the Los Angeles Times. His informative & entertaining books and talks have reached a wide range of audiences in North America & abroad.