Although the events covered in the book mostly take place in the 1960s-1980s, the pattern of subverting, attacking, and destroying any society which attempts to exist outside of US hegemony continues to this day, with many of the same strategies covered in the book still recognizably in use.
This is the book that finally made US foreign policy make sense to me. I was raised to believe in the 'rules-based world order', and this book makes the extremely compelling case that that 'order' has never really existed, merely being the euphemism applied to the violence of Neocolonialism.
Bevins makes use of recently declassified documents as well as his own extensive reporting in Indonesia, Brazil, and elsewhere to piece together the history of America's post-war anti-communist crusade, including the mass-killings which were carried out with US support and direction.
I'm going to start plugging some books here from time to time, starting with a few that have helped me understand just how the world came to be this way, and what we can do about it. I'll start with The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/vince...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ“A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street ...
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I knew Henry Ford was bad, I had no idea how bad. On his promulgation of the horrendous Protocols of the Elders of Zion
If you follow me that legally makes you my stepsister.
I used to think the two state solution was the best solution. However, over the years, and sitting down to really think about it, it's actually bullshit. "One, non-apartheid, freely democratic, state that isn't a theocracy or an ethnostate" is the best solution.
Aggies never ever beating the sheepfucker allegations.