i was interested in the elements of US corruption in the show Narcos, and I enjoyed the documentary 'The War on Democracy'. I'd love recommendations on any non-fiction books which discuss US intervention into south or central America. I'd love one which overviews the topic or talks about multiple cases, but ones on a specific country is welcomed too.
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A classic:
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano
Lots of those. Here’s just a few from my own shelves.
*Bitter Fruit* Schlesinger.
*Empire’s Workshop* and *The Last Colonial Massacre* by Greg Grandin.
*The Banana Wars* by Ivan Musicant.
*The Invaded* by Alan McPherson.
*In the Eagle’s Shadow* by Kyle Longley.
*A Twilight Struggle* by Robert Kagan.
*William Walker’s Wars* by Scott Martelle
*Empire by Invitation* by Michel Gobat
*Tycoon’s War* by Stephen Dando-Collins
There’s definitely more, but these come to mind.
‘Overthrow’ by Kinzer is a good overview of a lot of US coups (from Hawaii to Iraq). It’s a really good primer. Kinzer does some really good foreign policy books – he has one about Nicaragua that is on my tbr shelf currently. I also recently read ‘The Jakarta Method’ by Bevins, which obviously starts with US involvement in Indonesia but discusses how the same ‘method’ was used in Chile. Really worthwhile book.