Stephen Kinzer

Overthrow (eBook, ePUB)

America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Stephen Kinzer's Overthrow provides a fast-paced narrative history of the coups, revolutions, and invasions by which the United States has toppled fourteen foreign governments -- not always to its own benefit

"Regime change" did not begin with the administration of George W. Bush, but has been an integral part of U.S. foreign policy for more than one hundred years. Starting with the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 and continuing through the Spanish-American War and the Cold War and into our own time, the United States has not hesitated to overthrow governments that stood in the way of its political and economic goals. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 is the latest, though perhaps not the last, example of the dangers inherent in these operations.

In Overthrow, Stephen Kinzer tells the stories of the audacious politicians, spies, military commanders, and business executives who took it upon themselves to depose monarchs, presidents, and prime ministers. He also shows that the U.S. government has often pursued these operations without understanding the countries involved; as a result, many of them have had disastrous long-term consequences.

In a compelling and provocative history that takes readers to fourteen countries, including Cuba, Iran, South Vietnam, Chile, and Iraq, Kinzer surveys modern American history from a new and often surprising perspective.

"Detailed, passionate and convincing . . . [with] the pace and grip of a good thriller." -- Anatol Lieven, The New York Times Book Review

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Henry Holt and Co.
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781429905374
• Artikelnr.: 39938828

Autorenporträt

Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has reported from more than fifty countries on four continents. He served as the New York Times bureau chief in Turkey, Germany, and Nicaragua, and as the Boston Globe Latin America correspondent. His previous books include All the Shah's Men, Crescent and Star, and Blood of Brothers. He is also the co-author of Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala. He lives in Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: THE IMPERIAL ERA
1. A Hell of a Time Up at the Palace
2. Bound for Goo-Goo Land
3. From a Whorehouse to a White House
4. A Break in the History of the World

PART TWO: COVERT ACTION
5. Despotism and Godless Terrorism
6. Get Rid of This Stinker
7. Not the Preferred Way to Commit Suicide
8. We're Going to Smash Him
9. A Graveyard Smell

PART THREE: INVASIONS
10. Our Days of Weakness Are Over
11. You're No Good
12. They Will Have Flies Walking Across Their Eyeballs
13. Thunder Run
14. Catastrophic Success