Envious of those folks at protests and actions who always seem to have all the facts? Read this book and know what you're talking about at the next WTO, World Bank, or anti-war protest! This super cool looking graphic novel challenges heroic stories of American history by placing the U.S.'s current occupation of Iraq and "intervention" in Afghanistan within the broader history of U.S. imperialism.

A graphic adaptation of American history from the larger-than-life popular historian Howard Zinn, this book covers American interventions abroad from 1890 to 11 September 2001. Mike Konopacki's illustrations are paired with photographs, documents, and artifacts from each episode. This creates a really neat looking visual effect, a collage of cartoon and "the real."

A nice companion to the U.S. Military history since 1776