Recently Read: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Talk about not living up to the hype. I grabbed John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hit Man hoping to hear tales of global economic warfare backed by hard facts about the U.S. government's (not so) secret relationships with the Saudis and others. With apologies for being overly critical, what I got was one man's relatively pathetic apology for a) attending a private high school, b) cheating on his wife and getting divorced, and c) feeling guilty about his job.
I have no doubt that the Bushes and other senior players in our government have done things we wouldn't be proud of in other countries. And I'd like to learn more about what they are. Unfortunately this book doesn't provide any hard facts or insights that any reader of global newspapers and magazines (see: New York Times, The Economist, etc.) wouldn't already be aware of.
Feeling like I had missed something, I went on Amazon to see what other reviewers were saying, and got pretty much the same. As one reviewer put it "if you are looking for supporting facts, there are none." Sorry, can't recommend this one.
Here are a couple of my favorite (weak) excerpts:
Page 174. "And then I understood. It was not about my parents, Tilton or Mac Hall. It was my life I hated. Mine. The person responsible, the one I loathed, was me."
Page 202. "An old feeling returned, similar to ones I had experienced around Howard Parker in Indonesia, while driving through Panama City beside Fidel, and while sitting in a Colombian coffee shop with Paula. I was selling out - again."
Save yourself the $15.00.
