Zinn is the author of "A People's History of the United States" and is a popular radical historian. New and selected writings on a subject that has concerned and fascinated Zinn throughout his career. Zinn's opinions on the recent wars in Iraq and Kosovo as well as Vietnam and World War II. The meaning of war generally in a world that has so far proven unable to overcome the predilection of nations for destroying their neighbors. He explores our warring ways as well as his own transformation from Navy Yard shipfitter to bombardier to anti-war activist. War has always been used by governments for political ends. The American gov't has grown increasingly adept at directing a highly sophisticated public relations campaign as part of any military adventure. Zinn suggests that during war the most patriotic act for a citizen is to ask questions. "the great challenge of our time [is] how to achieve justice, with struggle, but without war."