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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
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bookshelves: history, war, 2021, economy, politics, society
Aug 23, 2021
bookshelves: history, war, 2021, economy, politics, society
Read 2 times. Last read August 15, 2021 to August 23, 2021.
** spoiler alert **
The amount of knowledge , facts , curiosities and events in this book is maddening.
I didn't know shit about late XIX century american foreign policy , nor could i have imagined the race to claim islands full of Guano (crystalized bird shit used as fertilizer) , the wars fought on foreign soil with the Spanish and then the Philippines, the continous usage of Puerto Ricans as Guinea Pigs especially in experiments with mustard gas and later chemotherapy or sterilization and planned parenthood.
The book shines on world war 2 , in regards to the massive global transport infrastructure built by USA around the globe (Egypt airbases , Iran , Lebanon) , the continous airbridge over the Himalayas in keeping the chinese resistance strong against the japanesse , the complete bomb and napalm pounding of Manilla in the later stages of the war resulting in millions of deaths.
The book continues with the post war order , the standardization across all industries and domains imposed by the USA , the way it built bases all over the world on areas which were given as 90 year leases , the rapid growth of countries that had these bases withing their local communities
We also get into the dirty stuff of the 90's and 2000 s with Osama Bin Laden , Afghanistan , Iraq , Guantanamo etc.
This guy is terrific , i recommend the book wholeheartedly to any history , geopolitic lover and not only !
I didn't know shit about late XIX century american foreign policy , nor could i have imagined the race to claim islands full of Guano (crystalized bird shit used as fertilizer) , the wars fought on foreign soil with the Spanish and then the Philippines, the continous usage of Puerto Ricans as Guinea Pigs especially in experiments with mustard gas and later chemotherapy or sterilization and planned parenthood.
The book shines on world war 2 , in regards to the massive global transport infrastructure built by USA around the globe (Egypt airbases , Iran , Lebanon) , the continous airbridge over the Himalayas in keeping the chinese resistance strong against the japanesse , the complete bomb and napalm pounding of Manilla in the later stages of the war resulting in millions of deaths.
The book continues with the post war order , the standardization across all industries and domains imposed by the USA , the way it built bases all over the world on areas which were given as 90 year leases , the rapid growth of countries that had these bases withing their local communities
We also get into the dirty stuff of the 90's and 2000 s with Osama Bin Laden , Afghanistan , Iraq , Guantanamo etc.
This guy is terrific , i recommend the book wholeheartedly to any history , geopolitic lover and not only !
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Reading Progress
June 20, 2021
– Shelved
June 20, 2021
– Shelved as:
to-read
August 3, 2021
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Started Reading
August 3, 2021
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history
August 3, 2021
– Shelved as:
war
August 7, 2021
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15.0%
August 8, 2021
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15.0%
"USA toppling Spanish rule over the Philippines starting with 1898 , taking control and then having to govern over the Muslim majority populations from the southern arhipelago.
Shit hits the fan , war errupts and grand General Pershing (a tank was named after him :)) ) begins the butchering.
Can't get better than that !"
Shit hits the fan , war errupts and grand General Pershing (a tank was named after him :)) ) begins the butchering.
Can't get better than that !"
August 15, 2021
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Started Reading
August 15, 2021
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35.0%
August 15, 2021
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Finished Reading
August 22, 2021
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60.0%
"Shortly after US detonated its first hydrogen bomb in the Bikini Atoll in the late 40s , a clothes designer coined his brand new women underwear : "ladies , buy it for explosive effects""
August 23, 2021
– Shelved as:
economy
August 23, 2021
– Shelved as:
2021
August 23, 2021
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society
August 23, 2021
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politics
August 23, 2021
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Finished Reading