I don't have personal knowledge of most of what he talks about in his book, but in the case of Guatemala he's spot-on. The CIA removed their first democraticall

I don't have personal knowledge of most of what he talks about in his book, but in the case of Guatemala he's spot-on. The CIA removed their first democratically elected leader, Arbenz, in 1954 and the country has never really recovered. I don't think Perkins is far off. I've worked in Guatemala and China extensively, and in government in Canada, and none of what he's written here sounds far-fetched to me.