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Informationen zum Autor Josh Miller is a blogger, film critic, screenwriter, and author of A Zombie's History of the United States and The World Reduced to Inforgraphics. Klappentext This shocking expos reveals how zombies helped create America but were later victimized and eventually demonized by the "land of the free. It presents recently unclassified documents on heroic (and horrifying) zombie actions during the Civil War, World War II, and throughout American history. Zusammenfassung Uncover the haunting true history of the United States--one shaped by struggle, violence, and the constant threat of the undead. “ Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane. ” —Howard Zinn Shedding light on 500 years of suppression, this shocking exposé reveals the pivotal role in American history played by its most invisible minority—zombies. From colonization and revolution to World Wars and global hegemony, A Zombie’s History of the United States tells the powerful and moving stories of this country’s living-dead underclass, including: •The zombie massacre of European colonists at Plymouth Rock •The gruesome killing of a zombinated Meriwether Lewis by his fellow explorer William Clark •The doomed defense of the Alamo against hordes of the attacking undead •The heroic, platoon-saving charge into a hail of German fire by an undead Lt. Audie Murphy •The top-secret NASA missions that launched(and often lost) zombies into space •The anti-terrorist program to stop the weaponization of the zombie virus
