What is the bias of Howard Zinn in A People's History of the United States?

(1922€“2010)
believed that common people were the real driving force behind history. Most historians had
traditionally viewed history in much different ways. For example, many historians were
influenced by the idea that great menkings, generals, and presidentsmade history. Zinn's view,
which emphasized the primacy of ordinary people, was a direct and forceful challenge to this
conventional view.

In Zinn's view, the Founding Fathers were aristocrats who
did not trust the people. For instance, the Presidency, the Senate, and the House of
Representatives were important institutions in the new government of the United States. Of the
three, however, only the House was to be elected by popular vote. Moreover, slaves, Native
Americans, and women could not vote at all. Only white male property holders enjoyed
suffrage.

The public shapes history, according to Zinn. One example he gives
of this is in his chapter on the Vietnam War. Protests against the war spread and
ultimately...