&quot;A People&#x27;s History of the United States&quot; by Howard Zinn.<p>Very &quot;propagandistic&quot; and politically charged, but that&#x27;s something the author promptly assumes. Quite interesting (especially for an european) in the way it explains the origins of the american ethos (&quot;land of the free&quot;) and how said ethos can be interpreted as a subversive political tactic to further the interests of a selected few.