Quotes by : Stephen Kinzer

'Operation Ajax' presents history in an entirely new way. It takes a true story and uses cutting-edge....

In 1984, showing extraordinary courage, a group of Guatemalan wives, mothers and other relatives of disappeared....

No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control.

Allowing a friend to careen toward self destruction is not friendship. That is a habit the United States....

From the 1920s into the 1940s, Britain's standard of living was supported by oil from Iran. British cars,....

A few of the world's most famous non-American novelists have large followings in the United States, among....

Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build support....

Adroit geo-strategists take new realities into account as they try to imagine how global politics will....

Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger.

Afghanistan's borders are arbitrary, drawn to meet 19th-century political needs rather than to respect....

Guatemala's ornate presidential palace, once a terrifying fortress whose every corridor was patrolled....