A review by colleen_parks
The Secret History of the American Empire: The Truth about Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World by John Perkins

4.0

On the one hand, this is an engaging and disturbing story of crippling grip that giant corporations have on us. On the other hand, I'd really like to see some verification of this stuff. My rating is based on the assumption that it's all legit. If it is, "disturbing" is a horrible understatement, and the degree of corporate and government corruption is far worse than the average person might think. However, that also kind of smacks of conspiracy theory. So I'd say it's worth a read, but I'm holding out a star because I'm still skeptical.