Vijay PrashadWashington Bullets: A History of the Cia, Coups, and Assassinations

This is an excellent overview of how the US has created an empire without sticking a flag in the ground to say 'This is ours'. Whilst many likely to read this book know of how the US destabilises countries, and leads coups, less know the work going on behind the scenes, such as the creation of an Islamic movement to counter pan-(socialist) Arabism. Instead of building, as the US and the western countries could, in the name of freedom and democracy, they simply plunder, as the case of Haiti shows. Well worth a read; well worth giving to those that think that freedom, democracy are for everyone, rather than the means to control, and break down public opposition within the west.

Easy to follow and understand

This outlines in some detail, just how much the US Government has seriously interfered in the other countries that did not match up with it own right-wing agend, killing or having killed any significant leader who got in their way and destroying democracy along the way. Heart-rending in places.

States the facts bluntly. A great introductory book for anyone willing to dive into the rabbit hole of what Washington has done, further setting the tone for what it can do or what it might have been doing, to maintain its legitimacy in their decaying times.

This book arrived promptly, and it is a good quality paperback.

Un pugno nello stomaco, di quelli che ti lasciano tramortito, senza fiato e con la bruttissima sensazione di aver conosciuto la storia solo come hanno voluto insegnarcela!Proprio di oggi l'articolo del Corriere sugli archivi desecretati della CIA dai quali emerge un tentativo di eliminare Fidel Castro ad opera degli USA, conferma che un libro come questo non può essere liquidato ma deve farci profondamente riflettere.Imperialismo, colonialismo e lotta di classe sono le chiavi di lettura della storia contemporanea secondo Prashad.Da leggere!

Beautifully written book. Extremely simple. Always wanted to reach such a book on imperialism. Many thanks Vijay. Look forward to reading more of your books.

This is a succinct and concentrated report on the sordid and bloody history of U.S. history, particularly since the end of World War II in 1945, but not excluding the period before. Since 1945, the U.S. has carried out political assassinations, overthrows of sovereign governments, and the suborning of military coups in countries that advocated socialism or who opposed U.S. corporate takeover of their natural resources. The list is long: Guatemala, Congo, Chile, Cuba, Vietnam, Brazil, Ukraine, Libya, just to name a few. Every American citizen should know of at least some of these events. Every American should read this book if they don't know.