Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian — 
In this lively collection of essays, Zinn discusses a wide range of historical and political topics, from the role of the Supreme Court in U.S. history to the nature of higher education today. [Publisher’s description.]
Published by Common Courage Press, 1993; South End Press, 1999; Haymarket Books, 2013.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction • p. 1
- “Who Controls the Past Controls the Future”: Interview with David Barsamian • p. 3
- The Optimism of Uncertainty • p. 23
- Objections to Objectivity • p. 29
- The Problem is Civil Obedience • p. 43
- The Supreme Court is Not Supreme • p. 53
- The Bill of Rights • p. 59
- Second Thoughts on the First Amendment • p. 69
- How Free is Higher Education? • p. 89
- Just and Unjust Wars • p. 99
- Terrorism Over Tripoli • p. 117
- Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress: 1492-1992 • p. 121
- “Je Ne Suis Pas un Marxiste” • p. 145
- The Perils of Plato • p. 151
- Failure to Quit • p. 157
