THE CONCISE UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

This is a substantially reduced version of the full-length original text (roughly 300 pages, compared to the original’s 784), based on the voiceover script of the ten-part documentary series.

This is a companion to Oliver Stone's ten?part documentary series of the same name, which aired in US on Showtime in 2012 and The Untold History of the United States.

THE CONCISE UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES features the documentary's voiceover script. It unearths the same truth behind historical events, using recently discovered archives and newly declassified material in an accessible tone.

Filled with photos and little?known historical facts, it challenges the status quo of American history. It is not unlike Howard Zinn's A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (close to 1 million copies sold). Think "People's History of the American Empire," scripted.

In November 2012 Showtime debuted a ten?part documentary series based on Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick's The Untold History of the United States. The book and documentary looks back at human events that, at the time, went under reported, but that crucially shaped America's unique and complex history over the 20th century. The Concise Untold History of the United States offers readers the voiceover script from the documentary series in the words of Oliver Stone, an Academy Award?winning writer and director.

From the atomic bombing of Japan to the Cold War and fall of Communism, this abridged version of the larger book offers an approachable people's history of the American Empire, adapted for the next generation of young history buffs. Complete with poignant photos, arresting illustrations, and little?known documents, The Concise Untold History of the United States covers the rise of America and national security state from the late 19th century through the Obama administration, putting it all together to show how deeply rooted the seemingly aberrant policies of the Bush?Cheney administration are in the nation's past and why it has proven so difficult for Obama to significantly change course. The authors challenge prevailing orthodoxies to reveal the dark truth about the rise and fall of American imperialism.