Download e-book for kindle: Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to by Stephen Kinzer

A fast moving narrative heritage of the coups, revolutions, and invasions through which the USA has toppled fourteen overseas governments -- no longer regularly to its personal benefit

"Regime swap" didn't commence with the management of George W. Bush, yet has been an essential component of U.S. overseas coverage for multiple hundred years. beginning with the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 and carrying on with throughout the Spanish-American conflict and the chilly warfare and into our personal time, the USA has now not hesitated to overthrow governments that stood within the method of its political and monetary ambitions. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 is the newest, although possibly now not the final, instance of the hazards inherent in those operations.

In Overthrow, Stephen Kinzer tells the tales of the audacious politicians, spies, army commanders, and enterprise executives who took it upon themselves to depose monarchs, presidents, and leading ministers. He additionally exhibits that the U.S. govt has usually pursued those operations with no realizing the international locations concerned; accordingly, lots of them have had disastrous long term consequences.

In a compelling and provocative heritage that takes readers to 14 international locations, together with Cuba, Iran, South Vietnam, Chile, and Iraq, Kinzer surveys sleek American heritage from a brand new and infrequently remarkable perspective.

"Detailed, passionate and convincing . . . [with] the speed and grip of a great thriller." -- Anatol Lieven, The long island instances booklet Review