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A slow, heavy read well worth it

This is a slow read. Not because it’s not well written. Rather, it’s that it is. And this book connects the politics of the various countries of the world to a philosophy of exceptionalism of the White race and the antipathy with other colors and cultures and religious beliefs and traditions. It almost hurts to read it.

Documentation and organization remarkable.

Heavy. More than a little challenging to realize how many countries have/are creating authoritarian governments. Setting it aside for a while to read some lighter escapism.