Khalid Gomaa’s Reviews > The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals & the Truth about Global Corruption > Status Update

Shocked at how blatant the US operations in Countries South Rio Grande are!

The story of how United Fruits provoked a CIA orchestrated coup d'etat against Arbenz of Guatemala was blatant! It can only be compared to atrocities of East Indian Company!

In case you look up the side notes of Perkins, you get to explore a whole new part of the world: the pre-Columbian cultures and its persecuted people.

Completed Part I that was dedicated to Asia.
The final section where Perkins described his visit to Nepal was far poorer than other sections about Indonesia, or even Tibet.

However, I'm excited to move to Latin America

The role of women as Perkins got from the Shuar and the Tibetan nomads really makes perfect sense!
The theory of Dr. Judith Hand sounds valid!

So far, the book builds up a very good understanding about how the "development", as Corporatocracy defines it, can only lead to more and more exploitation of nations for the favor of corporates and a bunch of corrupted cronies and military generals.

Surprised by the resemblance of Suharto's ouster and Mubarak's! At how the US turned its back to them both in the exact same way!

Also shocked by how humanitarian aid turned out to have same profit-making nature as wars!

The book is really awesome. The way the Perkins takes us into the details of how individuals contributed to macroscopic policies and programs helps the reader understand how important the role of an individual is.
So far, Perkins is trying to understand the politics of Indonesia after he landed there in his first mission as EHM.
However, Perkins elaborate too much in describing scenes of misery.