Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

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Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq is a historical nonfiction book that examines a series of U.S.-backed coups and interventions abroad over more than a century and their long-term global consequences.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
history book ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
author Stephen Kinzer ⓘ
centralTheme corporate and strategic interests in foreign policy ⓘ
democracy promotion as justification for intervention ⓘ
long-term consequences of U.S.-backed coups ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
endsWithEvent 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
focusesOnCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
genre historical nonfiction ⓘ
political history ⓘ
hasSequelOrRelatedWork All the Shah’s Men ⓘ
The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War ⓘ
intendedAudience general readers ⓘ
students of history and international relations ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableCaseStudy 1953 Iranian coup d’état ⓘ
1954 Guatemalan coup d’état ⓘ
1973 Chilean coup d’état ⓘ
1989 U.S. invasion of Panama ⓘ
2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq ⓘ
notableTopic economic motives behind regime change ⓘ
role of the CIA in foreign coups ⓘ
originalTitle Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq ⓘ
pageCountApproximate 400 ⓘ
perspective critical of U.S. interventionism ⓘ
publicationYear 2006 ⓘ
publisher Times Books ⓘ
startsWithEvent overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy ⓘ
structure chronological case studies ⓘ
subject United States foreign policy ⓘ
coups d’état ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ
interventionism ⓘ
regime change ⓘ
timeSpanCovered 1893–2003 ⓘ

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Stephen Kinzer → notableWork → Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq ⓘ
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq → originalTitle → Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq ⓘ