Am reading Killing Hope: US and CIA Military Intervention Since WW II which Noam Chomsky said is "far and away the best book on this topic." https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Hope...8&qid=1481906574&sr=1-2&keywords=killing+hope This book is very readable. It is 471 pages long, but almost reads like a novel. It is not for anyone who wants to retain a belief that the US is the world's great benefactor.