Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine

Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine

Poisoner in Chief book cover

“A brilliant, thoroughly researched study that demonstrates how the United States failed to take advantage of the end of the Cold War to create a more peaceful world.  Should be read by every American concerned with the rising violence in the world and the heightened danger of a nuclear conflict.”

Jack F. Matlock, Jr., former US Ambassador to the Soviet Union

Due October 2026

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Book Talk | The History of U.S. Regime Change Operations

The U.S. kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, and threats against Iran and other states, have once again put the issue of regime change at the center of discussions on U.S. foreign and security policy. There is, however, nothing new about such U.S. operations. They date back at least to the 1890s, and have taken place in almost every region of the world. To discuss this history and its lessons for the present and future, Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute is joined by Stephen Kinzer.

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