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| Author: John Perkins
Publisher: Plume
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  57 reviews
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0452289572
Dewey Decimal Number: 337.73
EAN: 9780452289574
ASIN: 0452289572
Publication Date: April 29, 2008
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 Great Book ... A Must Read May 23, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Excellent follow-up by Mr. Perkins of his astonishing "Confessions of an EHM". First-class condition and splendid service from supplier.
If there is in the world a politician who has not read both of these works, then he or she does not deserve the position.
A MUST READ by every American. Learn the truth about our Empire. May 9, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
John Perkins was a Economic Hitman for many years. He was one of the bad guys who quit to expose the problems. It's the answers to all the questions you've had about why the world hates the USA.
Read and empower yourself with the truth.
A good primer April 30, 2008
I just finished this book after having previously read "Confessions of an Economic Hitman". Perkins does a good job of relating his personal experience and opens the door to a world that most people don't know exist.
When I read "Confessions of and Economic Hitman", I went away hungry for more information and details. This made me really look forward to reading this book. "The Secret History of the American Empire" builds on "Confessions" in narrative form. It is footnoted, but does not rely heavily on outside sources to substantiate the author's perspective. This is "Secret History's" drawback. Still, John Perkins never claims in either of this book or "Confessions" that his intention is to extensively back his experience with outside sources. He simply tells his story from his perspective and recommends a path forward.
It tells a shocking story in a very sincere way, but, for greater understanding of the subject matter, I would recommend a book with a more academic approach. Regardless, this book is a great starting point for those seeking to better understand the world.
Time to Take the Red Pill....! April 2, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Funny how all the deniers and thos who rate this author's books as "impossible" or "a fabrication" do so, I am willing to bet, from the comfort of having never left their own zip code. How can it be, if their scred "free market" and the government are forces of "freedom and justice"???
As a fomer officer of the Guatemalan Army, charged at one time with guarding those "advisers" and "experts" recommended by the US Embassy, witnessing the granting of unfathomable amounts of money and visas to the US for ministers and their families, as rewards for granting this or that contract to a selected few companies, I can assure you everything Perkins says is true. For those who ask for ironclad proof, it should be an invitation to get off their behinds and do some research of their own, the facts are out there but that would be too much to ask. There is a saying in Guatemala: No hay peor ciego que el que no quiere ver. "The worst kind of blindness is the one that refuses to see"
I really despair when I see the situation the country and the world are in nowadays and still there are those who claim it's all good. But as far as these books, they are an eye opener to how business is REALLY done outside the golf and country clubs of the US.
the shadow side of US foreign affairs, with a hopeful invitation March 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Secret History of the American Empire: The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World
In the post-1984 world of doublethink press (Wikipedia-To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them), the only way we have of knowing what our military, our government, and the very large segment of our society living as camp followers around the world are doing, is to hear from disaffected career professionals who choose to come out of the closet and share the dark side of their career work. John Perkins, who began his career in the Peace Corps, and went on to be tempted by the lush lifestyle as an agent for the IMF-Worldbank / corporate engineering collusion indenturing a long list of trusting 3rd world countries trying to rise out of colonialism, has now come full circle to work connecting awakening Americans with indigenous peoples who are now finding creative new ways of responding to the pressures of US global hegemony, through his Dream Change Coalition. For those of us who believe in the US Constitutional declarations of liberty, this is a must read.
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