Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to IraqStephen 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 |
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Contents
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From a Whorehouse to a White House | 56 |
A Break in the History of the World | 78 |
COVERT ACTION | 109 |
Despotism and Godless Terrorism | 111 |
A Graveyard Smell | 195 |
INVASIONS | 217 |
Our Days of Weakness Are Over | 219 |
Youre No Good | 239 |
They Will Have Flies Walking Across Their Eyeballs | 260 |
Thunder Run | 281 |
Catastrophic Success | 300 |
Notes | 323 |
Get Rid of This Stinker | 129 |
Not the Preferred Way to Commit Suicide | 148 |
Were Going to Smash Him | 170 |
Bibliography | 345 |
Acknowledgments | 365 |
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Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Stephen Kinzer Limited preview - 2006 |
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Stephen Kinzer Limited preview - 2007 |