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The New York Times bestselling companion to the Showtime documentary series now streaming on Netflix, updated to cover the past five years.

"Indispensable...There is much here to reflect upon." --President Mikhail Gorbachev

"As riveting, eye-opening, and thought-provoking as any history book you will ever read...Can't recommend it highly enough." --Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian

"Finally, a book with the guts to challenge the accepted narrative of recent American history." --Bill Maher

"Kuznick and Stone's Untold History is the most important historical narrative of this century; a carefully researched and brilliantly rendered account." --Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of American Prometheus

"A work of courage, wisdom, and compassion [that] will stand the test of time....A fierce critique and a passionate paean for Stone and Kuznick's native land." --Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, author of The Thistle and the Drone

A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE

In this riveting companion to their astonishing documentary series--including a new chapter and new photos covering Obama's second term, Trump's first year and a half, climate change, nuclear winter, Korea, Russia, Iran, China, Lybia, ISIS, Syria, and more--Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone and renowned historian Peter Kuznick challenge prevailing orthodoxies to reveal the dark truth about the rise and fall of American imperialism.