Chapter 21 , " Carter-Reagan-Bush : The Bipartisan Consensus " , covers the Jimmy Carter , Ronald Reagan , and George H. W. Bush administrations and their effects on both the American people and foreign countries . Zinn argues that the Democratic and Republican parties keep the government essentially the same , maintaining policies favorable for corporations and militant foreign policy whichever party was in power . Zinn uses similarities among the three administrations ' methods to argue for this . Other topics covered include the Fairness Doctrine , the Indonesian invasion of East Timor , Noam Chomsky , global warming , Roy Benavidez , the Trident submarine , the Star Wars program , the Sandinista National Liberation Front , the Iran – Contra affair , the War Powers Act , U.S. invasion of Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War , the Invasion of Grenada , Óscar Romero , the El Mozote massacre , the 1986 Bombing of Libya , the collapse of the Soviet Union , the United States invasion of Panama , and the Gulf War
El Mozote massacre
El Mozote massacre
A People's History of the United States