Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to IraqMacmillan, 6. feb. 2007 - 400 sider Stephen 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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... military constraint on the United States . That left it free to return to its habit of landing troops on foreign shores . Both of the small countries Americans invaded in the 1980s , Grenada and Panama , are in what the United States ...
... military planners in the United States became more interested in overseas trade . Hawaiian planters came up with an idea designed to appeal to their ambition : in exchange for a reciprocity treaty , they would grant the United States ...
... military barracks . The Committee of Safety took possession of them without incident . Dole sent a letter to Stevens expressing his " deep appreciation " for the quick recognition of his government . Thurston overthrew the Hawaiian ...
... Military commanders real- ized that a more forceful American military posture would give them greater power and bigger budgets . The most persuasive of BOUND FOR GOO - GOO LAND 33 ·
... military column , was killed in one of the rebels ' first skirmishes . His comrades posted his last , unfinished letter on a pine board at their campground . In it he urged his compatriots not only to free their country from Spain but ...
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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 Begrenset visning - 2007 |
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Stephen Kinzer Begrenset visning - 2006 |
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Stephen Kinzer Begrenset visning - 2007 |