Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U. S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane.' --Howard ZinnShedding light on 500 years of suppression, this shocking expose reveals the pivotal role in American history played by its most invisible minority--zombies. From colonization and revolution to World Wars and global hegemony, A Zombie's History of the United States tells the powerful and moving stories of this country's living-dead underclass, including:-The zombie massacre of European colonists at Plymouth Rock-The gruesome killing of a zombinated Meriwether Lewis by his fellow explorer William Clark-The doomed defense of the Alamo against hordes of the attacking undead-The heroic, platoon-saving charge into a hail of German fire by an undead Lt. Audie Murphy-The top-secret NASA missions that launched(and often lost) zombies into space-The anti-terrorist program to stop the weaponization of the zombie virus