"Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali, two of our most provocative and radical voices, engage in a thought-provoking conversation about history---ripping apart entrenched establishment narratives which have suppressed the alternative visions we desperately need for our radical social movements and a true participatory democracy."---Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher, the Nation<BR><BR>"Reading On History is like watching a fascinating and mesmerizing film ...a must read if you want to understand the world today."---Michael Ratner, president, Center for Constitutional Rights<BR><BR>"Oliver Stone asks smart questions about the rise and fall of the United States and its empire in the twentieth century, and Tariq Ali provides smart answers. The result is a provocative book that is sure to incite controversy and stimulate debate."---Jon Wiener, professor of history at the University of California at Irvine<BR><BR>In working together on two challenging new documentaries---South of the Border and the forthcoming The Untold History of the United States series for Showtime---filmmaker Oliver Stone engaged with author and filmmaker Tariq Ali in a probing, hard-hitting conversation on the politics of history<BR><BR>Their dialogue brings to light a number of forgotten---or deliberately buried---episodes of American history, from the US intervention against the Russian Revolution and the dynamic radicalism of the Industrial Workers of the World to Henry Wallace's sidelining by Democratic Party machine insiders and the ongoing interference of the United States in Pakistani political affairs<BR><BR>For Stone and Ali---two of our most insightful observers on history and popular culture---no topic is sacred, no orthodoxy goes unchallenged