false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171214322m/90540.jpg 90540 5 <div><div><div><b>&#8220;Detailed, passionate and convincing . . . [with] the pace and grip of a good thriller.&#8221;&#8212;Anatol Lieven, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b></div><b></b><div><br>"Regime change&#8221; 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 toppling of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893, 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 but the latest example of the dangers inherent in these operations.</div><div><br>In <i>Overthrow</i>, Stephen Kinzer tells the stories of the audacious politicians, spies, military commanders, and business executives who took it upon themselves to depose foreign regimes. He details the three eras of America&#8217;s regime-change century&#8212;the imperial era, which brought Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Nicaragua, and Honduras under America&#8217;s sway; the cold war era, which employed covert action against Iran, Guatemala, South Vietnam, and Chile; and the invasion era, which saw American troops toppling governments in Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan, and Iraq.</div><div><br>Kinzer explains why the U.S. government has pursued these operations and why so many of them have had disastrous long-term consequences, making <i>Overthrow</i> a cautionary tale that serves as an urgent warning as the United States seeks to define its role in the modern world.</div></div></div> 87380 2006 Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq total:386|5:118|4:178|3:71|2:14|1:5| 386 1548 652 89 0 2 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 20:20:45 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 20:21:47 -0700 2007
Narrator: Michael Prichard
Publisher: Tantor Media, 2006
Length: 15 hours and 13 min.

Publisher's Summary

A fast-paced narrative history of the coups, revolutions, and invasions by which the United States has toppled 14 foreign g...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 24 21:46:24 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 22:17:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 14:06:08 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 07:25:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 13:00:35 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 15:06:33 -0700 2007
fails to make obvious conclusions about american empire. instead presents the case that meddling in other ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 27 12:23:26 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 18:09:02 -0800 2008 U.S., especially in Latin America, I was always surprised about how
much there is a dislike of U.S. interference in foreign affairs. Not
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