Just as the lives of enslaved Africans and Indigenous people paid for the early growth of the European settler colony of the United States, so too were lives sacrificed to advance the expansion of empire in the 20th century. Book Two in this epic three-part series is a damning account of war—and the selling of war in the United States—revealing how riches, imperial expansion, and the consolidation of power have been the true aim of American wars and covert actions, both at home and abroad. The seeds of exceptionalism and divine entitlement, whose planting is detailed in Book One: Dreaming of Empire, yield Book Two: America’s Favorite Pastime and the nightmarish side of the American Century.
After reading this you will find it easy to conceive of why George H.W. Bush declared Mobutu Sese Seko a most valued friend of the United States (page 194). Well heck, they did create him!
