We Are The Bad Guys: The Global Cost of American Power

Name: We Are The Bad Guys: The Global Cost of American Power
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Rating: 4.3 (88 reviews)
Author: Michael Lester

by Michael Lester

Nonfiction Memoir

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4.3 stars from 88 reviews

448 pages~7.5 hr readPublished by Ironclad PressPublished 2025-11-03

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You're tired of sanitised accounts of US foreign policy and want to understand what declassified documents and leaked cables actually reveal.
You read history critically and appreciate evidence-based arguments that challenge official narratives.
You're concerned about how corporate and military interests shape global outcomes, and you want to understand the mechanisms behind them.

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You're looking for a balanced "both sides" analysis of US geopolitics.
You prefer narratives that centre American intentions as fundamentally good, even if execution falters.
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About this book

We Are the Bad Guys examines America's global role by analyzing how the United States has maintained power through wars, coups, sanctions, surveillance, and cultural dominance rather than spreading freedom as claimed. Using declassified files, leaked cables, and historical sources, the book explores how digital platforms function as control mechanisms, how environmental destruction aligns with U.S. military and corporate interests, and how "freedom" operates as propaganda. Each chapter documents the disconnect between America's stated ideals and its actual conduct abroad, examining costs incurred both internationally and domestically. The book challenges narratives of American exceptionalism and questions what an empire-based present means for the future.

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