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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... wrote that it " made Hawaii virtually a sphere of influence of the United States , but the sugar planters in the islands were pleased .... The political consequences of this reciprocity agreement cannot be overestimated . When Hawaii ...
... wrote that they " slowly and imperceptibly wormed their way , year by year , into the King's favor until they were the power behind the throne . Controlling the business and wealth of the islands , they became the dominant minority ...
... wrote in her diary that it was " a day of infamy in Hawaiian history . " Later that year , while she was in London at the jubilee celebrating Queen Victoria's fiftieth year on the throne , she received news of the " bayonet constitution ...
... wrote an appeal to Stevens that was less than eloquent but compelling nonetheless . We the undersigned , citizens and residents of Honolulu , respectfully rep- resent that , in view of the recent public events in this Kingdom , culmi ...
... wrote an editorial urging it in the first issue of the Journal that he edited . Stevens embraced the cause with equal fervor . In the years after the Civil War , Blaine began making his mark in pol- itics . He was elected to Congress ...
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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 |