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muhavipi's review against another edition
4.0
This book should be a requirement for any course on US history.
xandraanneww's review against another edition
5.0
I almost want to call it dry, but it's not. It's just got a lot of dates and names to keep track of. The author does a splendid job of telling the events like a story, and the pacing is fantastic. It's certainly not the author's fault that there were so many regimes and important individuals involved. Pretty sure that blame lies somewhere else.
This book accomplishes what it set out to do amazingly. I know I won't remember all the details, but the importance of what the United States has done will stay with me forever. The frustration of repeated mistakes and the policies that allowed them will not leave me.
I definitely recommend this book.
This book accomplishes what it set out to do amazingly. I know I won't remember all the details, but the importance of what the United States has done will stay with me forever. The frustration of repeated mistakes and the policies that allowed them will not leave me.
I definitely recommend this book.
geeisforgrace's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 stars rounded up. While the last chapter got a little too lefty-speculative-commentary for my liking, the bulk of this book was informative, interesting, and engaging. The material was readable and presented in a way that was accessible to those of us with limited background in U.S. history. It was published in 2006, so the chapters in the Iraq/Afghan wars aren’t well developed, but Kinzer does a great job outlining U.S. involvement prior to them. Easy, informative reading.
imjustadow's review against another edition
4.0
america is, and always has been, incredibly short-sighted when it comes to literally anything that doesn't involve making the rich richer, at any cost. i wish i could say the information in this book came as a surprise, but really it more provided context and clarity to a lot of the things i already knew. it's obvious why this is not taught in schools, or at the most, is sugarcoated to absolve the US of any guilt or mislead students to believe that the atrocities the US commits is for anything other than commercial profit
i am tired after reading this, emotionally and physically, especially as the US is less than a month from the 2020 election
i am tired after reading this, emotionally and physically, especially as the US is less than a month from the 2020 election
nickjagged's review
2.0
Competent in its recounting of events, but far too high-level to give the complexity I received from books like Children of Paradise. A useful overview, but not worth revisiting if already aware or versed in this history.
morganbird's review against another edition
4.0
Concise and easy to read summary of US intervention in foreign countries since 1893. Provides an excellent context for understanding current foreign policy.