In a way, nothing could be more timely than reading Howard Zinn's acclaimed "People's History of the United States," in this updated edition.

After all, the Bush regime and one-party rule is maintained by employing a historical narrative that basically is premised on the them of the "White Man's Burden" -- or how the divinely inspired white male conquered America and tamed the uncivilized heathens. That is basically Bush's stance toward Iraq, with code words to conceal the politically incorrect outlook.

Zinn, who wrote the first edition of the People's History in 1980, has lived to see it used as a textbook in progressive schools and as a general history book for the public at large. That is to say, Americans looking for an alternative history to the myth of the divinely-inspired conqueror. (And remember, Bush's mission has its origins in the gruesome Crusades of the Middle Ages.)

Already a classic, Zinn's book would be one of the first banned if the GOP ever fully assumes dictatorship. The People's History of the United States is pluralism's answer to elitism; populism's answer to oligarchical rule.

It's the history of America that the Busheviks want to ban and bury

This P.S. edition of Zinn's book features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.