One needs only to ready the first few pages of this book to learn what lies in store for the reader - a whiny and consistently backbiting deconstruction (or at least an attempt at it) of the US government and international policies.Unfortunately, I didn't stop after just the first few pages, but powered on to the end. It's not that the materials or concept of finding faults with the US foreign policy is bad - it's that this book is. It's delivery is terrible and the agenda of the writer is clear.There are better books for histories of US foreign policy & actions & snapshots of current affairs and how things need to change.