Bernd
02/04/2026 (Wed) 19:58
No.55061
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02/04/2026 (Wed) 19:58
No.55061
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Reading this book: Overthrow - America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraw by Stephen Kinzer.
I don't think I'll go through it, it's almost as long as Lord of the Rings, except more exciting (despite we very well know how it ends...), but it is a very good complement to the previous books I talked about here, the US Foreign Policy in Perspective >>54223 and Which Path to Persia >>54523
Fourteen regime changes and their consequences in a very readable format, divided into three parts.
For now I'm only done with the "imperial" part, the beginnings of US imperialism, openly intervening for economic interests while claiming they are bringing civilization and freedom as the white man's burden to these barbaric childlike ungrateful non-nations. Hawaii, Cuba, Philippines, Guatemala, Honduras, and Puerto Rico. Ignorant arrogance and shortsightedness. Actions and consequences.
The second part is about the time of covert action, when the Cold War forced the US to appear less belligerent. The third is about the victorious US who finally as the global hegemon can act openly again. I'm looking forward to read these.
I don't think I'll go through it, it's almost as long as Lord of the Rings, except more exciting (despite we very well know how it ends...), but it is a very good complement to the previous books I talked about here, the US Foreign Policy in Perspective >>54223 and Which Path to Persia >>54523
Fourteen regime changes and their consequences in a very readable format, divided into three parts.
For now I'm only done with the "imperial" part, the beginnings of US imperialism, openly intervening for economic interests while claiming they are bringing civilization and freedom as the white man's burden to these barbaric childlike ungrateful non-nations. Hawaii, Cuba, Philippines, Guatemala, Honduras, and Puerto Rico. Ignorant arrogance and shortsightedness. Actions and consequences.
The second part is about the time of covert action, when the Cold War forced the US to appear less belligerent. The third is about the victorious US who finally as the global hegemon can act openly again. I'm looking forward to read these.