The Secret History of the American Empire: The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World (John Perkins Economic Hitman) Paperback – 29 April 2008

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Any other great book by John I read Confessions of an economic hit man & this follows on nicely MUST READ

If you read and enjoyed Perkins "confessions of an Economic Hitman", then you really should read this book as well, it is a different type of book as it does not have quite autobiographical style of confessions and I was not carried along by the narrative in the same way....but its a good book IMOI think the over-riding emotion that I am left with after just finishing this book is a general feeling of "ill at ease", I am also just a little angry too, there is so much detailed personal information in this book...somewhat similar to "confessions" that I can only conclude that it must be largely true otherwise it would be easy for detractors to blow holes in the account, and to date I do not think that Perkins has been substantially discredited...and what a corrupt and unplesant world we live in do we not ?In my heart I already knew that the business of international politics is a dirty business and that many human beings can be cruel, greedy and evil, and this book just spells it out, and lists so many specific instances of the manipulation of power to stregnthen and enhance the grip of the corporatocracyOne thing that I had never considered and I think Perkins makes this point well...is that whilst I knew that the corporatochracy in league with the US state work together to spread the tenticles of empire....even when miliatary policy is a failure as in Vietnam or possibly now Iraq...the corporations still win out, the US state might suffer lack of pretige and/or influence, but the corporations still benefit from reconstruction contracts, the spread of demand for western products and in many other ways...but eventually, if we continue...the empire itself will ultimately failFor me it was a good book...if a little depressing...will humans ever change ?, many of these techniques for empire building and access to resources are now being used by states such as China....we all need to change if we are to survive on this planet...can we do it ?

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The author obviously knows his onions and the incidents he writes about are apt to make you shake your head in shame and/or disgust at the way the Yanks and Brits bully, coerce, blackmail, threaten, murder and behave thoroughly horribly in order to rule the world. For me there was a bit too much storytelling (what the hotels were like, where he ate etc.) and not enough in-depth on the actual nitty gritty of our corruption however it's still an interesting book that just adds more fuel to the fire about our global ambitions and the lack of morals of our dear leaders.

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