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It has a very poor reception in the academic community for a very poor analysis of the events it purports to explain
So Zinn is to history what Diamond is to anthropology?
Guns, Germs, and Steel, at least, is a tolerable introductory work if you don't take it as gospel, but Diamond's subsequent works, yes, very comparable.
Introductory, sure, but it's still overly simplistic.