Looking for a book like To Kill a Nation. Specifically outlining American/western imperialism that isn't well known. Preferably relatively modern history (mid 20th-21st century).

Thanks.

  • toledosequel [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    What exactly do you mean by imperialism? If you mean American military interventions then:

    • Killing Hope by William Blum (a general overview that takes you through American shenanigans in at least ~30 countries. I still haven't finished it lol)

    • Fool's Crusade by Dianna Johnstone (on the Yugoslavian Genocide)

    • Kill Anything That Moves by Nick Turse (on Vietnam)

    • The Condor Years by John Dinges (on Operation Condor in Latin America)

    • The Coup by Ervand Abrahamian (on the 1953 Coup in Iran)

    • NATO's Secret Armies by Daniel Ganser (on Operation Gladio in Europe/Turkey)

    • In The Shadows Of The American Century by Alfred McCoy (goes through ~130 years of American Foreign Policy and concludes by predicting a shift to Chinese hegemony)

    I've also heard good things about the following:

    • Private Warriors by Ken Silverstein, which looks at what the Cold War military industrial complex guys who joined the private Sector are doing after the fall of the Soviet Union.

    • Three Kings by Lloyd Gardner, which goes through post-war American involvement in the Middle East

    • Outsourced Empire by Andrew Thomson, which focuses on how the US has used "para-state" armies/militias in its foreign policy